GIOVANNI DI PAOLO
(b. ca. 1399, Siena, d. 1482, Siena)

Coronation of the Virgin

c. 1455
Tempera on wood, gold ground, 179 x 131 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The richly decorated surfaces and extensive use of silver and gold indicate that this panel derives from an important altarpiece, though its early history is not known. It is likely that a predella showing scenes from the life of the Virgin was originally below the main panel of the Coronation.




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