Tempera on wood
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
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SIMONE MARTINI Annunciation and two saints (detail) 1333
Tempera on wood
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Alternative name: Simone Sanese
Birth 1280/85 Siena
Death 1344 Avignon
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SIMONE MARTINI Annunciation, 1333
Tempera on wood, 184 x 210 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
On the gold background the figures of Angel Gabriel and the Virgin enhances Gothic line, without narrative details: just the central pot with lilies, symbolizing Mary's purity, and the olive branch. The golden relief inscription starting from the Angel's mouth contains beginning words of the Annunciation.
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