The Coronation of the Virgin

Harry Clarke (1889 - 1931)

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

1923

A triple stained glass window which depicts the Virgin being crowned by God the Son as a central figure. She is clothed in an emerald robe and a vibrant ultramarine blue cloak, and is surrounded by a shimmering cloud. Above the Virgin are SS John and Luke and God the Father, with angels in adoration.

• Medium: glass
• Dimensions: 308.5 x 204.5cm
• Art Fund Grant: £33000 ( Total: £132,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2002
• Vendor: British Province of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur

Provenance

Commissioned in 1922 by the current vendors, installed in their chapel in Dowanhill, Glasgow in 1923; removed in 1981 and installed temporarily in main hall of St. Andrew's Teacher Training College, Beasden, Glasgow.

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