NICCOLÒ DI PIETRO GERINI
(active 1366, Firenze, d. ca. 1415, Firenze)

Virgin and Child Enthroned

1404
Tempera on panel, 146 x 71 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

This panel probably formed the central part of a larger altarpiece with flanking panels. Niccolò di Pietro Gerini's figures typically have large chins, sloping foreheads, and sharp noses. The figures are squat and frontally displaced, characteristics typical of the late Gothic period.