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Born c.1284 • Siena • Italy
Died 1344 • Avignon • France
Movement / Style Gothic art

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“St. Martin Abandoning His Arms,” detail from fresco series by Simone Martini, c. 1325–26; in the lower Church of San Francesco, Assisi, Italy
Simone Martini: detail of The Annunciation
Simone Martini: Christ Discovered in the Temple
Plate 6: “Annunciation,” tempera on wood by Simone Martini, 1333 (saints on either side of the central panel by Lippo Memmi). In the Uffizi, Florence. 3.1 x 2.7 m.
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