Coronation of the Virgin

Maso di Banco (active 1336-1346)

Item type:

painting

Date of creation:

ca. 1330

Height:

51.2 cm  (20 3/16 in.)

Width:

51.7 cm  (20 3/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

tempera on wood

School:

Florentine

Additional titles

Description

Eight musician angels playing instruments in half-circle before throne, with seven unidentified martyrs on either side.

People as subjects

St. Mary (Blessed Virgin)
Jesus Christ

Iconclass

73E792
coronation of Mary by Christ

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Tambourine [2746] (two)
Shawm [4258]
Lute [3394] (largely obscured)
Portative organ [2267] (played in lap)
Fiddle [3142] (two)
Aulos [4173] (double)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Wilkins, David G. Maso di Banco: A Florentine artist of the early Trecento (New York: Garland, 1985).

RIdIM record id

1090