Guariento di Arpo, Coronation of the Virgin Altarpiece

Padua, 1344
Tempera and gold leaf on panel
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

As is common in this period, the angel of the Annunciation in the upper register is separated from the Virgin. Her crossed-arms gesture is repeated in the central image of the coronation. Her bright blue mantle is also repeated in all the panels' representations of her and of Jesus.

Here are the subjects of the 26 panels (you can follow the underlined links for further commentary):

Along the top

• A female saint
• St. Francis of Assisi (habit, stigmata)
• St. Gabriel Annunciant
• The Presentation of Mary in the Temple
• St. Martin of Tours
• The Crucifixion
• St. Nicholas
• The Birth of the Virgin
• The Virgin Annunciant
• SS. Narcissus of Jerusalem and St. Catherine of Alexandria

• The Nativity and Adoration of the Magi
• The Presentation and the Washing of the Feet

• Jesus Arrested, Scourged
• The Deposition, The Anastasis
• The Coronation of the Virgin

• The Resurrection, The Ascension
• The Assumption, The Last Judgment

The altarpiece is discussed in Norman, 211-12. She notes that the frame is from the 19th century and that the original altarpiece may have been larger and organized differently:

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