Annunciation with Saint Margaret and Saint Ansanus |
Artist | Annunciation: Simone Martini (–1344) | | Alternative names | Simone Senese | Description | Italian painter and manuscript illuminator | Date of birth/death | between 1280 and 1285 date QS:P,+1280-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1280-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1285-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 | 1 August 1344 | Location of birth/death | Siena | Avignon | Work period | between 1313 and 1342 date QS:P,+1350-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1313-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1342-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 | Work location | | Authority file | | artist QS:P170,Q221043 lateral figures and 4 medallions with prophets: artist QS:P170,Q504963 (brother-in-law) | |
Title | The Annunciation and Two Saints |
Part of | Cycle of four altar pieces for the patron saints of Siena |
Series title | Cycle of four altar pieces for the patron saints of Siena |
Object type | painting / triptych |
Genre | religious art |
Description | Deutsch: Mitteltafel: Maria Verkündigung, links: Hl. Ansanus von Siena, rechts: Heilige Maxima, Mutter des Ansanus (oder Margarethe), in den Giebelfeldern vier Medaillons mit den Propheten Jeremias, Ezechiel, Jesaiah und Daniel |
Depicted people | |
Date | circa 1333 date QS:P571,+1333-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 |
Medium | tempera on wood medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q287,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions | height: 265 cm (104.3 in); width: 305 cm (10 ft) dimensions QS:P2048,265U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,305U174728 |
Collection | Uffizi Gallery | | Native name | Galleria degli Uffizi | Location | | Coordinates | 43° 46′ 06″ N, 11° 15′ 19″ E | Established | 1581 (built), 1765 (open to public) | Website | www.uffizi.it | Authority file | | institution QS:P195,Q51252 |
Current location | 2nd floor room 3 Trecento |
Accession number | 451 |
Object history | English: executed for the chapel of Sant'Ansano of the Cathedral in Siena, part of a cycle with the theme of Mary commissioned by the cathedral for the four altars of the patrons of Siena 1799 Uffizi |
Inscriptions | The date of the painting is specified in a fragment of the original frame, now embedded in the 19th-century renovation. It lists the name of Simone Martini and his brother-in-law Lippo Memmi (symon martini et lippvs memmi de senis me pinxervnt anno domini mcccxxxiii), although it is unknown which parts they executed. |
References | Annunciation: Polo Museale Fiorentino, Inventario 1890: online database: entry 452 (Italian) Ansanus of Siena: Polo Museale Fiorentino, Inventario 1890: online database: entry 451 (Italian) Polo Museale Fiorentino Catalogo: online database: entry 00284557 (Italian) Web Gallery of Art |
Source/Photographer | The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202. |
Permission (Reusing this file) | [1] |