In this work, Gaddi showed his mastership of Giotto's style, with a narrative disposition of the characters in the scenes, which are more crowded than his master's.
He also continued to experiment with the use of geometrical perspective in the architectural background, obtaining illusionistic effects in details such as the oblique staircase in the Presentation at the Temple.
The adoption of night light in the Annunciation to the Shepherds is nearly unique in the mid-14th century painting of central Italy.
It is an elaborate polyptych, depicting the Coronation of the Virgin surrounded by a crowded Glory of Angels and Saints.
The Baroncelli family owned the tomb on the external wall, which was designed by Giovanni di Balduccio in 1327.