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Brief Biography-Simone Martini, born in Siena, profoundly influenced his successors and the school of Sienese painters. He was, according to Vasari, a pupil of Giotto; however, most scholars agree that he was an unswerving pupil of Duccio. Despite this, there does not appear to be any reference to Duccio in Vasari’s account of Martini. The works of the sculptor Giovanni Pisano, who was close to Giotto, influenced him. There is a strong influence of French Gothic art in his works. He undertook several tasks, one of his most noted being the Annunciation, painted with his brother-in-law Lippo Memmi at the Uffizi, Florence. Vasari states that Simone went to Rome with Giotto, where he worked at the court of the Pope and painted at Saint Peter's Basilica, amongst other works under the influence of Giotto.
He died in 1344 in Avignon, where he spent the last years of his life; there, he painted The Madonna Laura, the Return of Christ from the Temple (in the Liverpool gallery) and many more. |
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agostino novello
altarpiece

altar of saint louis
of toulouse

angel of the
annunciation

annunciation and
two saints

blessed agostino
novello altarpiece

blessing christ

boston polyptych
burial of saint martin
sc10

carrying
of the cross

christ returning
to his parents

consecration of
the chapel

crucifix

crucifixion

death of saint martin
scene Nine

deposition

division of
the cloak

dream of
saint martin

entombment

figure of
a saint

guidoriccio
da fogliano

half length figure
of a saint

madonna with child

madonna and child
and saint ladislau

madonna and child
from l d arbia

madonna
and child

madonna and child
with angels

madonna of mercy

madonna with angels
and saints

meditation scene six

miracle of the
resurrected child

miraculous mass
scene seven

orvieto polyptych

petrarch's virgil

polyptych

polyptych of santa
caterina

saint andrew

saint anthony of
padua

saint catherine and
saint lucy

saint clare and saint
elizabeth of hungary

saint francis and
saint louis

saint john the
evangelist

saint ladislaus king
of hungary

saint louis of france
and of toulouse

saint luke

saint martin is
knighted scene three

saint mary magdalen
and saint catherine
scenes from the life
of saint martin

the life of saint
martin

the virgin of the
annunciation

virgin of the
annunciation
