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Description: | This image combines the medieval motif of Christ crowning his mother, the origins of which can be traced back to the twelfth century, with the themes of the Trinity and the Immaculate Conception. Mary is represented as a young girl, dressed in the white and blue colours of the Immaculate Virgin. She kneels over clouds and cherubs, her hands together, and is crowned by Christ and God the Father, with the dove of the Holy Ghost hovering above. The controversy over Mary's conception without original sin reached its peak in the seventeenth century, when many paintings like this were produced to defend the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception. | Subjects: | religion (Coronation of the Virgin) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Liemaker, Nicolas de (Flemish painter, 1601-1644) Æ Attributed to manner of Attributed to Flemish School Previously attributed to Thulden, Theodor van (Flemish painter, 1606-1669) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8965... | Go to resource |
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