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PAINTINGS 
the act of placing a crown on the head of the Holy 
Virgin, amidst à glory of angels. 
This precious painting, which in one of the most ad¬ 
mirable works of Fra Angelico, was formerly in the 
church of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence. It was brought 
to this Gallery in 1825. — On wood. Small size fig. 
H. m. 1,13 — L. m. 1,14. 
The two Crucifixion, one above the door, and the 
other above the large fresco by Bartolommeo are 
works of Lorenzo Monaco. 
Hall of Lorenzo Monaco. 
1309. DON LORENZO MONACO, of Florence, b. 1370, d. 1422. 
The Coronation of the Virgin. A tryptich admirable 
for the number and beauty of the different paintings 
it contains. The Coronation of our Lady amidst a glory 
of sixteen angels is painted in the middle panel ; the 
two others bear then figures of Saints each. Several 
smaller figures are among the various ornaments of 
the frame. On the pinnacles above the principal panel 
is the Holy Trinity, left and right of which are : the 
Virgin, the Announcing Angel Gabriel. The predella 
contains six diminutive compositions, four ot which 
represent scenes from the life of St. Bernard, and the 
two others The Birth of our Lord and The Adoration 
of the Magi. Between the tryptich and the predella 
there is an inscription in gold letters, with the fol¬ 
lowing words: HEC . TABVLA . FACTA . EST. 
PRO . ANIMA : ZENOBI . CECCHI . FRASCHE 
ET. SVORUM. IN. RECOMPENSATIONE . VNIVS . 
ALTERIVS. TABVLE . PER EVM. IN . HOC.... 
(LA) VRENTII . IOHANNIS . ET . SVORVM . MO- 
NACI . HVIVS . ORDINIS. QVI. EAM . DEPINXIT. 
ANNO. DOMINI. MCCCCXIII. MENSE. FEBRVARII. 
TEMPORE . DOMINI. MATHEI. PRIORIS . HVIVS. 
MONASTERII. 
This painting is one of the few works of this famous