GIOTTO di Bondone
(b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze)

Polyptych

1330-35
Tempera on wood, 91 x 340 cm
Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna

The polyptych consists of five panels and a predella. In the central panel the Madonna sits on a Gothic throne flanked by St Peter, the Archangel Gabriel, the Archangel Michael and St Paul. It was originally in the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli. It is a late work painted partly by the workshop.