The Coronation of the Virgin
painting by Paolo Veneziano
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The Coronation of the Virgin is a painting by Paolo Veneziano, a principal Venetian painter of the Byzantine style in 14th-century Venice. He and his son Giovanni signed one version of this work in 1358, which is his last known painting. Another version is attributed to him and dated 1324. Veneziano's style typically features gold-threaded draperies, flat space, and static compositions characteristic of Byzantine art, though some of his works show an Italian-inspired fluidity.1
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