The Venetian color of Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese is combined with the sweetness and delicacy of Correggio’s compositions from Parma. Carracci combined different styles and models which he had studied in Northern Italy first and then in Rome. A glory of angels playing musical instruments and singing surrounds the central group. The Virgin appears at the center of the painting crowned by the Trinity: God the Father to the right, Christ to the left, and the dove of the Holy Ghost above. Anna Jameson (1844) described the picture as "not only a perfect example of all the best qualities of Annibale, but it illustrates a particular era in his career as an artist". It subsequently belonged to the poet Samuel Rogers (1833–55), the Dukes of Newcastle (1856–1937) and the art historian Sir Denis Mahon (1939–71). The dealer Alexander Day bought the painting in Rome, before 1803, from Prince Borghese and brought it to England. It remained in the Aldobrandini family and then passed through the hereditary line to the Pamphilj and Borghese families. By the mid-seventeenth century, the Coronation of the Virgin was recorded in the Aldobrandini Villa at Monte Magnanapoli on the Quirinal in Rome (Bellori 16, Malvasia 1678). It is likely to have been a devotional image for the cardinal, and may have been used as an altarpiece in his private chapel. The original purpose of the canvas is also not known. It has been suggested (Loisel Legrand 1999) that the painting was a diplomatic gift to Aldobrandini-possibly from Odoardo Farnese. It is unclear if the Coronation of the Virgin was originally painted for Aldobrandini he owned several works by the artist, including the Domine Quo Vadis? in the National Gallery, London. The painting is first documented in the inventory of 1603 of the possessions of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini, Pope Clement VIII’s nephew. The Coronation of the Virgin dates from Carracci’s first years in Rome, from the time when the artist was frescoing the Camerino of the Farnese Palace for Cardinal Odoardo. The Artist: For a biography of Annibale Carracci, see the Catalogue Entry for Two Children Teasing a Cat ( 1994.142) The Picture: Around 1595 the Bolognese painter Annibale Carracci moved to Rome, where he started to work for Cardinal Odoardo Farnese.
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