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SIMONE MARTINI

B()rn in Sima, .om

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Pal""w PuhbJi,o,

Sima

Vi,;tT Naph

Pain" polyptycb

for church in Pi",

MarTi« C."·iUIrIIl

;Ii Filipputcio

Pain" "'My

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Annunciation for

Sima Ciltb.dral

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Pm-arch

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Angel G~[,rid. Annunrution (J",';I) (1 JJJ)

Th< fl/'lda, an j, "'d",, b". , JlTihing lb.""g'/)-

"-.rd, imo tb, mlln ~Id kaf INxJ:grOUlul Jr,tb no

ltIrTmry IaL"f, p,-,/mjonaJ goJdlNllurrcould g"

01-'" olU b'mdud kll:-" (8, 5"" "l"ilY') .lIt of 11

ring!< du"'" ,11< gold coin" ,",dineal ltidy

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i,m"" ,\ I.trtini <~ed" t the 1"1,,1 Court in and dill with Duttioand Amb.-ogin Lorenz.ctti.

A"ignon, .ftcr • ,uccessful and well_ It is 1'''''u''' .... 1 that Ducc;o waS ,\lartin;'s

«· ... arded Jill:: 'I'~nt in the se,vice of Iel.ch<:r. l ie d",,,I'1,'-"<1 Duocio's tr"'-tlnm' of

inAucntialp""'ns. I lis illness,,~ such th" I>.: sP"'" and ",lw1le. • nd mastl:",d the Gothic

h.d .Ir ..... dr d",..n up a will. • nd his g<:nCT,,,il)· SI)·1e so hriDi. ntly th .. his ''llln.tion spn:.d

and lolt: ~" his extend"d f.mily an: cle" from 'CT,'" Eumpe. ,\ lartini ,~d not. howe"". h:t,,,

the ,beum<"nt. lie was much k,,·,,1 in n:turn. Duccio·s instinct foO" d"'m.tie n"",ti,·e. lIis

esped.lll· bJ.. his wift: Gi"'~nn. ,..ho rL"Ill1in,,1 skill was as • <"~ourist. and in "''''''ling the

in full ,oourning ~" him. depnee of t;"hlJ'""ehd figurlS in gr.nd «::nings.

·Inis type of e,·id<"l1"" is .. ,,''''' fmm tl>.: l ie "'~ the prtft:ct C oun p,intrt. ,\\.1n ini .1«,

foune<"l1th ""ntury .nd. in Contra". ,...,thing di,ected. ",·,,..bhop in Sien •. und<:ruking

d<.finite is Imown of ,\\.1 nini·, life hc~,n: I J 15. o .. n.men~.1 w,,..k. such as gil,~ng • nd hrt.ld;"

when he I" inted .nd sign<:d h .. ilia"';; in Sit"lla. ,biclS. l ie was ""nSunU1l"e h.ndk-r of dt ... il.

J udging f'olll the importance of this ,..ho ",uld as n:adily I" int • n:alistie to,..n.""'pe

commission. he was. h.dy 3 distinguish,,1 on. w.1I as he ",uld illumin:tI1:" singk: I .. ge of

p,inl1:'. and 1 ",'llol>ly ICpr<hl as <:qual in "'nk manuscript~" his friend. the I.,et l'ct"'ICh.