The Coronation of the Virgin

Jacopo di Cione, the youngest brother of the celebrated Orcagna, was one of Florence's most prolific painters in the 1370s and 1380s. This Coronation of the Virgin, painted around 1375, depicts the moment Christ crowns Mary as Queen of Heaven — one of the most popular subjects in late medieval Florentine altarpiece painting. The theme carried both theological significance as a celebration of Mary's triumph and civic resonance in Florence, where the Virgin was a principal patron.

Executed in egg tempera and gold leaf on panel, the composition follows the standard Gothic format with Christ and the Virgin centrally enthroned amid ranks of angels and saints. Jacopo's style blends the monumental solemnity of his brother Orcagna with a softer, more lyrical approach to drapery and facial expression.