The altarpiece reused an older Gothic framework, but was adapted so that the picture space of the main tier was continuous.
[2] In 2024 all the panels known to survive were reunited, for the first time since at least the 19th century, at an exhibition in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan, running until 24 June.
The four standing saints flanked a missing central scene, thought to have been a Coronation of the Virgin.
High on the sides of the same panels the tips of angel's wings has been overpainted to match the rest of the background.
These make it likely that the central panel showed the Virgin kneeling at the bottom of a stepped throne, to be crowned by God, enthroned at the top.