Madonna and Child n. 583
Simone Martini · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Italian painter, 1284–1344
Simone Martini · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Saint Louis of Toulouse Crowning His Brother Robert of Anjou is a painting by Simone Martini, commissioned from him by Robert of Anjou during the artist's stay in Naples around 1317. It shows Robert being crowned by his elder brother Louis of Toulouse, who was made a saint in 1317. It is now in the National Museum of Capodimonte in Naples.
Simone Martini · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The Saint Catherine of Alexandria Polyptych is a painting by the Italian medieval artist Simone Martini, dating to 1320. Originally placed at the high altar of the church of Santa Caterina, Pisa, it is now housed in the Museo Nazionale di San Matteo of the same city.
The polyptych is Martini's largest work, and includes numerous sub-panels. The altarpiece consists of seven main elements, each one in three parts: a cusp, a smaller panel divided into two sections, and a larger panel depicting a single saint. Description →
Simone Martini · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Simone Martini · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Simone Martini · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Simone Martini · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The Blessed Agostino Novello Triptych is a tempera on panel painting by Simone Martini, produced for a church in Siena between 1324 and 1328, at which time he had just returned from Assisi, Pisa and Orvieto to work on his frescoes at the Palazzo Pubblico. It now hangs in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Siena.
Simone Martini · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
The Annunciation with Saint Margaret and Saint Ansanus is a painting by the Italian Gothic artists Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi, now housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. It is a wooden triptych painted in tempera and gold, with a central panel having double size. Considered Martini's masterwork and one of the most outstanding works of Gothic painting, the work was originally painted for a side altar in Siena Cathedral.
The painting originally decorated the altar of Saint Ansanus in the Cathedral of Siena, and had been commissioned as part of a cycle of four altarpieces dedicated to the city's patron saints during 1330–1350. History →
The work is composed of a large central panel depicting the Annunciation, and two side panels with Saint Ansanus (left), and female saint, generarally identified as Saint Maxima or Saint Margaret, in the right, and four tondi in the cusps: Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Isaiah and Daniel. Description →
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Simone Martini · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Simone Martini · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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