Lo Spagna Coronación de la Virgen 1507 P Vaticana

The composition is divided into two registers: a heavenly scene where Christ crowns Mary surrounded by musical angels, and a terrestrial scene below. The Apostles stand in various states of awe around a stone sarcophagus that has miraculously bloomed with lilies and roses. In the center, Saint Thomas holds the sacred girdle dropped by the Virgin as proof of her physical Assumption into heaven.

The painting reflects the Renaissance Neoplatonic worldview, which organized the universe into a strict hierarchy of celestial and terrestrial spheres. It illustrates the transition from the material world to the spiritual, a central theme in the natural philosophy and theology that informed Raphael's later, more overtly philosophical works.