The Glorification of the Virgin

The Glorification of the Virgin (Dutch: De verheerlijking van Maria)[1][2] is a 15th-century painting attributed to Geertgen tot Sint Jans. It was painted c, 1490–1495 and was originally part of a diptych.[3] It shows the Virgin Mary holding Jesus and surrounded by three rings of angels.

The Glorification of the Virgin, c. 1490–1495. Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Mary wears a crown lined by five white and one red roses. She is surrounded by a two golden radiant and glowing circle. The inner ring contains six angles holding the Arma Christi (instruments of the Passion of Jesus): the cross, spear, crown of thorns, tammer and nails, the whip and the a sponge soaked in vinegar. In the outer ring, musical angels play various instruments and wave bells.

The panel is held in the collection of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands.[1]

References
  1. The Glorification of the Virgin 1490–1495, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.
  2. (in Dutch) De verheerlijking van Maria 1490–1495, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen. Retrieved on 28 February 2015.
  3. Wolfgang Kermer: Studien zum Diptychon in der sakralen Malerei: von den Anfängen bis zur Mitte des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts: mit einem Katalog. Düsseldorf: Dr. Stehle, 1967 (Phil. Diss. Tubingen 1966), Kat.–Nr. 140 A, Abb. 180 A, 180 B.
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