DADDI, Bernardo
(b. ca. 1280, Firenze, d. 1348, Firenze)

Coronation of the Virgin

c. 1340
Tempera on wood, 53 x 30 cm
Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg

The scene of the coronation is surrounded by eighteen angels and , behind them, fourteen saints. the first in the row of saints are St Dominic at the left, and St Francis at the right. Leaning on such great models as the Baroncelli Polyptych by Giotto, This painting occupies an important place in Florentine painting of the Trecento.




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