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Coronation of the Virgin
is an oil painting on canvas completed by
Diego Velázquez
between 1641 and 1644. Depicting the
Holy Trinity crowning the Blessed Virgin Mary
, it may have been commissioned for the oratory of the court of
Elisabeth of France
, queen consort to
Philip IV of Spain
, in the
Real Alcázar of Madrid
. The painting is presently held by the
Museo del Prado
.
Painting:
Diego Velázquez
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