Virgin and Child Enthroned with Nineteen Angels

Spinello Aretino's Virgin and Child Enthroned with Nineteen Angels (c. 1384) reflects the grandeur of late Trecento Florentine altarpiece production. Spinello, trained in the workshop of Agnolo Gaddi, was among the most prolific painters in Tuscany during the final decades of the fourteenth century. The elaborate angelic court surrounding the Madonna draws on Byzantine hierarchical conventions while incorporating the volumetric figural modeling pioneered by Giotto's followers.

Executed in egg tempera on a prepared wood panel with extensive tooled gold ground. The figures display Spinello's characteristic firm outlines and warm flesh tones, with the angels' wings rendered in delicate punchwork patterns.