Cimabue's Madonna Carried in Procession crowning Joan of Arc in Prayer

Joan of Arc in Prayer

there are many smaller ships

producing highly finished

They will receive in their souls a bright and constant irradiation of My Divinity

A painting by British artist Edmund Leighton

Cimabue's Madonna Carried in Procession crowning Joan of Arc in PrayerThe altarpiece was commissioned in 1285 by a Dominican fraternity. On the far right, Dante, leaning against a wall with his back to the viewer, watches the procession carrying an image of Our Lady. The mounted figure bringing up the rear is probably King Charles of Anjou. Various other artists make up the rest of the crowd carrying the trestle upon which the altarpiece sits.