Jacopo di Cione and his workshop painted the high altar of the Benedictine nunnery of San Pier Maggiore, Florence in 1370-71. The church of the convent was one of the oldest in Florence. During 1783 renovations caused part of the building to collapse, and it was mostly destroyed in 1784, although the façade remained. The altarpiece in the National Gallery, London is complete except for its frame (lost) and predella (dispersed in other collection). The reconstruction of the altarpiece was sugested by Richard Offner and refined by Jill Dunkerton on the basis of technical examinations of the panels in the National Gallery, London.

The main part of the altarpiece consisted of the Coronation of the Virgin, surmounted by the Resurrection and the Three Marys at the Sepulchre, finally crowned by the Trinity. Paired above the left panel of Adoring Saints were the Nativity and the Adoration of the Magi, crowned by Seraphim, Cherubim and Adoring Angels. Paired above the right panel of Adoring Saints were the Ascension and Pentecost, crowned by Seraphim, Cherubim and Adoring Angels.

Six predella panels of the altarpiece still exist, dispersed in different collections, namely: The Arrest of St Peter (Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence); St Peter Liberated from Prison (Museum of Art, Philadelphia); St Peter raising the Son of Theophilus (Pinacoteca, Vatican); The Chairing of St Peter at Antioch (Pinacoteca, Vatican); The Last Meeting of Sts Peter and Paul (present whereabouts unknown); The Crucifixion of St Peter (Pinacoteca, Vatican).

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	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Coronation of the Virgin 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 209 x 114 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Coronation of the Virgin (detail) 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Coronation of the Virgin (detail) 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 209 x 114 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Resurrection 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 96 x 49 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Three Marys at the Sepulchre 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 96 x 49 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Three Marys at the Sepulchre (detail) 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Trinity 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 89 x 40 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Trinity 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 89 x 40 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Adoring Saints 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 200 x 113 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Adoring Saints (detail) 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Adoring Saints (detail) 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Adoring Saints (detail) 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Nativity 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 96 x 49 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Nativity 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 96 x 49 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Adoration of the Magi 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 96 x 49 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Seraphim, Cherubim and Adoring Angels 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 89 x 40 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Adoring Saints 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 200 x 113 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Adoring Saints (detail) 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Adoring Saints (detail) 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Ascension 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 96 x 49 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Pentecost 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 96 x 49 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Pentecost (detail) 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 96 x 49 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Seraphim, Cherubim and Adoring Angels 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood, 89 x 40 cm National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: Cherubims and Adoring Angels (detail) 1370-71 Egg tempera on wood National Gallery, London
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Arrest of St Peter 1370-71 Tempera on wood, 37 x 53 cm Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: St Peter Liberated from Prison 1370-71 Tempera on wood, 39 x 52 cm Museum of Art, Philadelphia
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: St Peter raising the Son of Theophilus 1370-71 Tempera on wood, 39 x 54 cm Pinacoteca, Vatican
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Chairing of St Peter at Antioch 1370-71 Tempera on wood, 39 x 54 cm Pinacoteca, Vatican
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece: The Crucifixion of St Peter 1370-71 Tempera on wood, 35 x 42 cm Pinacoteca, Vatican
	San Pier Maggiore Altarpiece (reconstruction) 1370-71 Photo National Gallery, London