This website presents our knowledge and research on this important aspect of the Royal Collection. As of April 2026 it will not be regularly updated and new research on this topic will sit within the main website.

Life and Legend of the Virgin Mary

Including subjects such as the Marriage and the Coronation of the Virgin

This portfolio includes works such as the Oddi Altarpiece (Pinacoteca Vaticana), the Sposalizio or Marriage of the Virgin (Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan) and the Coronation of the Virgin believed to have been executed by Giulio Romano and Gianfrancesco Penni partially to designs by Raphael after the latter’s death.