Simone Martini - Finestre sull'Arte

Simone Martini's Annunciation, a summit of the Sienese school.

On Jan. 10, 1799, Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi 'sAnnunciation left the small oratory of Sant'Ansano in Castelvecchio in Siena, also known as the church of the Prisons of Sant'Ansano, and departed for Florence, where it was to reach the Uffizi by or...
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Simone Martini's Orsini Polyptych: a portable masterpiece for private devotion

The Orsini Polyptych is one of the masterpieces of Simone Martini (Siena, 1284 - Avignon, 1344), one of the masters of Sienese painting in the first half of the 14th century. The physical structure of this work and its small size favored its...
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Simone Martini's Majesty in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico: a religious but above all a civic masterpiece

On the northern wall of the Sala del Mappamondo in Siena 's Palazzo Pubblico stretches for 110 square meters one of the masterpieces of Sienese painting, created, presumably starting in 1312, by Simone Martini (Siena, c. 1284 - Avignon, 1344). T...
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