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The Coronation of the Virgin by Guido da Siena, c. 1260, The Courtauld Gallery, London
Coronation of the Virgin

The Coronation of the Virgin

Guido da Siena (Italian, active c. 1250–1300)

c. 1260 · tempera on panel, irregular shape · The Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

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image 10×2.1 in on a 10×8 in sheet

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About this painting

Christ's right hand is still at the crown on Our Lady's head, and in His other hand an open book. Kayoko Ichikawa, writing in IKON, holds that the crowning gesture belongs to the original design, and describes the Virgin in the orant pose, palms turned outward. Gold lines run through the folds of her dark mantle; Ichikawa reads that chrysography, an eastern technique, as honouring her as Maria Regina. The Courtauld says Guido da Siena's long, low work was once the top of an altarpiece, and that the coronation was thought especially fitting for works shown higher up. Our Lady is crowned up there, and we look up.

Sources: The Courtauld Gallery, Guido da Siena, The Coronation of the Virgin, P.1947.LF.186, read 2026-09-24 · Kayoko Ichikawa, 'Guido da Siena's Coronation of the Virgin: Thirteenth-Century Marian Devotion between East and West', IKON 10 (2017), 83–96, read 2026-09-24

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The Record
Date c. 1260
Collection The Courtauld Gallery, London
Subject Coronation of the Virgin
Season Ordinary Time
Master 9,870 px
License The painting is public domain; the photograph is by Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) under CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution The Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) · P.1947.LF.186

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Guido da Siena, active ca. 1250-1300
Date c. 1260
Medium tempera on panel, irregular shape
Dimensions Height: 34.3 cm (panel); Width: 166.7 cm (panel)
Holding The Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) · P.1947.LF.186

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source Guido da Siena, The Coronation of the Virgin, ca. 1260, Courtauld Gallery, London.jpg
Master 9,870 px on the long edge
Rights The painting is in the public domain; the photograph is credited below

Photograph: Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

At a glance
ArtistGuido da Siena (Italian, active c. 1250–1300)
Datec. 1260
MuseumThe Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
AccessionP.1947.LF.186
Mediumtempera on panel, irregular shape
DimensionsHeight: 34.3 cm (panel); Width: 166.7 cm (panel)
Sheet sizes8×10 in, 11×14 in, 16×20 in, 18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in
Provenance of the file
Held byThe Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) · P.1947.LF.186 the museum’s record
Source fileWikimedia Commons · Guido da Siena, The Coronation of the Virgin, ca. 1260, Courtauld Gallery, London.jpg
LicenceThe painting is public domain; the photograph is by Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) under CC BY-SA 4.0
Master9,870 × 2,026 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from Wikimedia Commons; held as our print master.

The sheets

8×10 in sheet 10×8 in · image 10×2.1 in · archival margin · 987 dpi
11×14 in sheet 14×11 in · image 14×2.9 in · archival margin · 705 dpi
16×20 in sheet 20×16 in · image 20×4.1 in · archival margin · 494 dpi
18×24 in sheet 24×18 in · image 24×4.9 in · archival margin · 411 dpi
24×36 in sheet 36×24 in · image 36×7.4 in · archival margin · 274 dpi
32×48 in sheet 48×32 in · image 48×9.9 in · archival margin · 206 dpi
40×60 in sheet 60×40 in · image 60×12.3 in · archival margin · 164 dpi

Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 9,870 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.