Giovanni di Paolo
The Coronation of the Virgin
Circa 1455
Tempera on panel, 70⅝ x 51 11/16 in. (179.9 x 131.3 cm.)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.1.38
This follows the common pattern first seen at Senlis, with Mary and Christ enthroned side by side and flanked by two angels, with the 13th-century refinement of having the Son place the crown on his mother's head.
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Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art