Simone Martini

Annunciation — Gothic elegance

The most refined painter of the Sienese school and a friend of Petrarch, who praised him in two sonnets. His Annunciation is a masterpiece of Gothic line and gold — sinuous, aristocratic, and ravishingly beautiful.

Key works

• Annunciation1333— Gothic line at its most exquisite
  Uffizi, Florence
• Maestà (Palazzo Pubblico)1315— Civic fresco — the Virgin as Siena's patron
  Palazzo Pubblico, Siena

Connections

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