First ¼ of 20th century
Nativity Portal of the Temple
Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, Barcelona
Gaudí
borrows from two different medieval models for the Coronation. As in
the most common model, it is Christ alone who crowns his mother. But
the positions of the figures are taken from the model in which the
Father crowns a kneeling Mary.
The forelocks
rising like horns in the figure on the left are usually an attribute of Moses.
More of the Coronation of the Virgin
More of Moses
Photographed on
site by Richard Stracke.
Antoni
Gaudí