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Simone Martini
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Italian painter
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Simone Martini was an Italian painter and illuminator associated with the Sienese school and the International Gothic movement. Born in Siena, he studied under Giotto and had Lippo Memmi as both a relative and a student. Martini’s notable works include the Commemoration of Guidoriccio Da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi, the Annunciation with Saints Maxima and Ansanus, the Orsini Polyptych, and the Triptych of Saint Augustine.
He died in Avignon on August 1, 1344. His works are held in the collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the National Gallery of Art. Martini is described in sources such as the Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste, Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, and the Schilder-boeck.
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Key facts
- Born
- Simone Martini , c. 1284 , Siena , Republic of Siena
- Died
- July 1344 (1344-07-00) (aged 59–60), Avignon , Comtat Venaissin , Papal States
- Education
- Duccio di Buoninsegna
- Known for
- Painting , Fresco
- Notable work
- Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus
- Movement
- International Gothic
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Simone
- Family name
- Martini
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Siena
- Place of death
- Avignon
- Occupation
- illuminator
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Student of
- Giotto
- Field of work
- painting
- Movement
- Sienese school
- Image
- 015 le vite, simone martini.jpg
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- Commons category
- Simone Martini
- date of birth
- 1280-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- Simone Martini
- topic's main category
- Category:Simone Martini
- Commons gallery
- Simone Martini
- relative
- Lippo Memmi
- name in native language
- Simone Martini
- date of death
- 1344-08-01
- student
- Lippo Memmi
- has works in the collection
- Wallraf–Richartz Museum
- name
- Simone de Sienne
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Works in European collections
24 objects attributed to Simone Martini, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Altar des heiligen Ludwig
Depiction: Madonna between apostles and saints
Verkündigung und Heilige
Maestà and frame with medallions of saints
Guidoriccio da Fogliano on the ride to siege Montemassi
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Drei weibliche Heilige, in der Mitte die heilige Klara
La Santa / Die Heilige
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Encyclopedic overview
Simone Martini (c. 1284 – July 1344) 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.
It is thought that Martini was a pupil of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the leading Sienese painter of his time. According to late Renaissance art biographer Giorgio Vasari, Simone was instead a pupil of Giotto di Bondone, with whom he went to Rome to paint at the Old St. Peter's Basilica, Giotto also executing a mosaic there. Martini's brother-in-law was the artist Lippo Memmi. Very little documentation of Simone's life survives, and many attributions are debated by art historians. According to E. H. Gombrich, he was a friend of Petrarch and had painted a portrait of Laura.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Simone Martini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.