RENAISSANCE ALTARPIECE AT SMITH COLLEGE

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NORTHAMPTON, MASS. — “The Coronation of the Virgin: A Major Acquisition of a Northern Renaissance Altarpiece” is on view at the Smith College Museum of Art in a special installation through October, after which it will be incorporated into the permanent collection galleries.

Dated 1515, this is the earliest known altarpiece by the artist, a contemporary of Hans Holbein and the foremost painter in Cologne in the first half of the Sixteenth Century.

The museum is on Elm Street at Bedford Terrace. For information, 413-585-2760 or www.smith.edu/artmuseum.