Year 1502-1504 Location Vatican Museums Media Oil paint Genre Christian art | Artist Raphael Created 1502–1503 Period High Renaissance | |
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Type Oil tempera (egg-oil) on canvas Dimensions 267 cm × 163 cm (105 in × 64 in) Similar Raphael artwork, Artwork at Vatican Museums, High Renaissance artwork | ||
The Oddi Altarpiece is an altarpiece of the Coronation of the Virgin painted in 1502-1504 by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael for the altar of the Oddi family chapel in the church of San Francesco al Prato in Perugia, Italy, now in the Vatican Pinacoteca.
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The crowning of the Virgin
The actions of the painting occur in two related scenes, one in heaven and the other terrestrial. Above the coronation shows the Virgin being crowned by Jesus, while angels are playing music; while below the section depicts the apostles gathering around the empty tomb of Mary, whose body was raised to heaven without corruption. St Thomas holds in his hands the girdle Mary dropped down to him as a testament to her assumption. The saints raise their eyes to the heavenly spectacle.
The predella
The predella (39 × 190 cm) is composed of three 27 × 50 cm paintings: