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The Marriage of the Virgin is a painting by the Italian late medieval painter Michelino da Besozzo, dating from c. 1435 and housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, USA.

Marriage of the Virgin
Artist	Michelino da Besozzo
Year	c. 1435
Medium	Tempera on panel
Dimensions	65.1 cm × 47.6 cm (25.6 in × 18.7 in)
Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

It is the artist's only certain one alongside Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine in the Pinacoteca Nazionale at Siena.

Description

The painting depicts the Virgin Mary while receiving the marriage ring by Saint Joseph, in front of a priest of the Temple of Jerusalem. Michelino painted a Dove of the Holy Ghost above Joseph, to underline the supernatural choice of him as Mary's husband. At the right is a group of women, while on the left are the other pretenders, painted in angered postures: one, in the foreground, is cracking a stick. The latter is a theme found in numerous following representation of the scene, including Raphael's.

The scene is set in a portico, with limited use of gold in the background, showing that is a late work by Michelino.

Sources

• L'arte italiana. Florence: Giunti. 2000. ISBN 88-09-01770-6.

External links

• Page at the museum's website

На других языках

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- [en] The Marriage of the Virgin (Michelino da Besozzo)

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[it] Sposalizio della Vergine (Michelino da Besozzo)

Lo Sposalizio della Vergine è un dipinto tempera su tavola (65,1x47,6 cm) di Michelino da Besozzo, databile al 1435 circa e conservato nel Metropolitan Museum di New York. È l'unica opera certa dell'autore su tavola, assieme a uno Sposalizio mistico di santa Caterina alla Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena, che fu tra i protagonisti del gotico internazionale in Italia.

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