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The crowning of the virgin (Oddi altar)

Artist	Raphael
Year	1502-1504[1]
Type	Oil tempera (egg-oil) on canvas
Dimensions	267 cm × 163 cm (105 in × 64 in)
Location	Vatican Pinacoteca, Vatican City

The Oddi Altar is an altarpiece that was painted in 1502-1504^[1] 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. It is presently housed in the Vatican Pinacoteca.

The crowning of the Virgin

The crowning of the Virgin simply shows somewhat of a split screen:

• The coronation (the upper section) shows the virgin being crowned by Jesus, while angels are playing music;
• The girdle to Saint Thomas (the lower section) shows the apostles gathered around the empty tomb of Mary whose body raised to heaven. St Thomas holds in his hands the girdle Mary dropped down to him as a testament to her assumption.

The predella

The predella (39 × 190 cm) is composed of three 27 × 50 cm paintings:

• The annunciation (left)
• The adoration of the Magi (center)
• The presentation in the temple (right)

See also

External links

• The altarpiece and the predella at the Vatican Pinacotheca.
• The altarpiece and the left, center and right part of the predella at the Web Gallery of Art.

Notes

Raphael Early Works The Kinnaird Resurrection • Baronci Altarpiece • St. Sebastian • Oddi Altar • Solly Madonna • Mond Crucifixion • Three Graces • St. Michael • Portrait of a Man • Connestabile Madonna • Madonna and Child • The Marriage of the Virgin • Vision of a Knight • St. George • Colonna Altarpiece • Portrait of Perugino Florentine period Portrait of Elisabetta Gonzaga • Self-portrait • Madonna of the Grand Duke • Ansidei Madonna • Young Man with an Apple • Christ Blessing • Madonna Terranuova • Madonna of the Goldfinch • Madonna of the Meadow • Esterhazy Madonna • Small Cowper Madonna • St. George and the Dragon • La donna gravida • Portrait of Agnolo Doni • Portrait of Maddalena Doni • Madonna of the Pinks • Young Woman with Unicorn  • Madonna with Beardless St. Joseph • Saint Catherine of Alexandria • Canigiani Holy Family • La belle jardinière • Deposition of Christ • Portrait of a Young Woman • Tempi Madonna • Madonna Colonna • Madonna de Bogota Roman period Portrait of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese • La disputa • The School of Athens • Madonna of Loreto • Aldobrandini Madonna • Madonna with the Blue Diadem • Portrait of a Cardinal • Alba Madonna • Niccolini-Cowper Madonna • The Parnassus • Cardinal and Theological Virtues • The Prophet Isaiah • The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple • Portrait of Pope Julius II • Madonna of Foligno • Triumph of Galatea • Sistine Madonna • Madonna della seggiola • Madonna dell'Impannata • Madonna della tenda • The Fire in the Borgo • The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila • Deliverance of Saint Peter • Portrait of Bindo Altoviti • The Sibyls • The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia • Portrait of Balthasar Castiglione • La donna velata • Portrait of Tommaso Inghirami • Palazzo Branconio dell'Aquila in Borgo • Portrait of Andrea Navagero and Agostino Beazzano • Portrait of Cardinal Bibbiena • Church of Sant'Eligio degli Orefici • Creation of the World • Transfiguration • Portrait of Pope Leo X with Two Cardinals • Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary • The Holy Family of Francis I • Ezekiel's Vision • St. Michael Vanquishing Satan  • Madonna of the Rose • Self-portrait with a Friend • La fornarina • Visitation