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Coronation of the Virgin by the Child Adored by Saints
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Coronation of the Virgin by the Child Adored by Saints

17th century

Dimensions

Plate (Trimmed): 16 1/2 × 11 9/16 in. (41.9 × 29.3 cm) Sheet: 17 1/16 × 11 9/16 in. (43.3 × 29.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund and Gift of Payson Thompson, by exchange and Elisha Whittelsey Collection, Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1970

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Cornelis Schut

1597–1655Habsburg Netherlands

Known for paintings commissioned by churches and monasteries, subjects included religious themes, allegorical, and mythological scenes. From 1624 to 1627 he was in Rome, where he was a founder-member of the Schildersbent (the group of Netherlandish artists active in Rome at that time). Schut worked there under the patronage of the Flemish merchant Pieter de Vischere. Comment on works: Mythology; Religious