BOTTICELLI, Sandro
(b. 1445, Firenze, d. 1510, Firenze)

Coronation of the Virgin (detail)

1490-92
Tempera on panel
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The angels are holding each other's hands and urging one another on in order to give their dance the necessary movement. The one on the left, wearing the yellow robe, is depicted in a bold foreshortening and seems about to make his way out of the picture.