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Eelco Kappe on Instagram: "A rare religious work by one of the most popular artists in history.

The Coronation of the Virgin (1641-1644) was painted by the Spanish Baroque artist Diego Velázquez (1599-1660).

Many consider Velázquez among the best painters of the Baroque period (or ever), and he almost never painted religious works. But this work is an exception. It shows how God and Jesus are crowning Mary as the Queen of Heaven.

Velázquez chose a simple composition for this work, an inverted triangle, though some see it more as the shape of a heart. In between Jesus and God is a white dove, representing the Holy Spirit. Velázquez put the three components of the Holy Trinity at the same level to indicate their equality. And at the bottom are some putti." Mary Crowned Queen Of Heaven, Coronation Of Mary, Spanish Baroque, God And Jesus, Simple Composition, Baroque Period, Christian Studies, Rococo Art, The Holy Trinity

Eelco Kappe on Instagram: "A rare religious work by one of the most popular artists in history. The Coronation of the Virgin (1641-1644) was painted by the Spanish Baroque artist Diego Velázquez (1599-1660). Many consider Velázquez among the best painters of the Baroque period (or ever), and he almost never painted religious works. But this work is an exception. It shows how God and Jesus are crowning Mary as the Queen of Heaven. Velázquez chose a simple composition for this work, an…

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Traditional † Catholicism: Queenship of Mary Immaculate Mary, Blessed Mary, Images Of Mary, Religious Pictures, Mama Mary, Queen Of Heaven, Blessed Mother Mary, The Virgin Mary, Religious Images

From the earliest ages of the Catholic Church a Christian people, whether in time of triumph or more especially in time of crisis, has addressed prayers of petition and hymns of praise and veneration to the Queen of Heaven. And never has that hope wavered which they placed in the Mother of the Divine King, Jesus Christ; nor has that faith ever failed by which we are taught that Mary, the Virgin Mother of God, reigns with a mother's solicitude over the entire world, just as She is crowned in…

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