Portrait of Simone Martini

Simone Martini

Italian painter, 1284–1344

Simone Martini was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style.
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Madonna and Child n. 583, painting by the artist

Madonna and Child n. 583

130588 × 57 cmPinacoteca Nazionale, Siena
Saint Louis of Toulouse crowns Robert of Anjou, painting by the artist

Saint Louis of Toulouse crowns Robert of Anjou

1317200 × 138 cmMuseo di Capodimonte

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.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria Polyptych, painting by the artist

Saint Catherine of Alexandria Polyptych

1320195 × 340 cmNational Museum of San Matteo

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 →

Polyptych of Saint Dominique, painting by the artist

Polyptych of Saint Dominique

132394 × 48 cmMuseo dell'Opera del Duomo
Madonna and Child, painting by the artist

Madonna and Child

132657 × 38 cmMetropolitan Museum of Art
St. Peter, painting by the artist

St. Peter

132658 × 38 cmThyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Triptych of Saint Augustine, painting by the artist

Triptych of Saint Augustine

132882 × 67 cmPinacoteca Nazionale, Siena

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.

Annunciation with Saints Maxima and Ansanus, painting by the artist

Annunciation with Saints Maxima and Ansanus

1333158 × 305 cmUffizi Gallery

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 →

The Carrying of the Cross, painting by the artist

The Carrying of the Cross

133530 × 20 cmDepartment of Paintings of the Louvre
Christ discovered in the temple, painting by the artist

Christ discovered in the temple

134250 × 35 cmWalker Art Gallery

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