The Coronation of the Virgin with the Trinity

About the Artwork

The Coronation of the Virgin celebrates the culminating scene in the narrative cycle of the life of the Virgin. The subject follows Mary’s ascent into heaven after her death. Surrounded by a choir of music-making angels, the Virgin kneels to accept her crown from God and Christ. Completing the Trinity is the dove of the Holy Ghost touching its wings to their mouths. In this event, Mary takes on the role of the personification of the Church itself in her depiction as Regina Coeli or Queen of Heaven. The painter takes his name from an altarpiece in the church at Rubielos-de-Mora, Spain, though little is known about him. His style, featuring piercing eyes and protruding mouths with long slender fingers, is characteristic of Valencian art around 1400.

Provenance

Conde del Asalto, Madrid, Spain including 1929: Heirs of Conde del Asalto 1938-1947: (Joseph Brummer, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) 1947-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Exhibition history

In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958). Gothic Art 1360-1440. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 6-September 15, 1963).

Quick Overview

Artist: Master of Rubielos de Mora (Spanish)
Date: c. 1400
Medium: oil on panel
Dimensions: Framed: 158.4 x 101.5 x 9.5 cm (62 3/8 x 39 15/16 x 3 3/4 in.); Overall: 144.6 x 91.4 cm (56 15/16 x 36 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Medieval Art
Credit line: Gift of the Hanna Fund
Accession no.: 1947.208

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.