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Summary
Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Annunciation:
artist QS:P170,Q221043
lateral figures and 4 medallions with prophets:
artist QS:P170,Q504963
(brother-in-law)
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Title |
The Annunciation and Two Saints
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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
English:
Gabriel holds an olive branch in his hand, a traditional symbol of peace, while pointing at the Holy Ghost's dove with the other.
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Depicted people | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
circa 1333
date QS:P571,+1333-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium |
tempera
on
wood
medium QS:P186,Q175166;P186,Q287,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 265 cm (104.3 in); width: 305 cm (10 ft)
dimensions QS:P2048,265U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,305U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q51252
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Current location |
2
nd
floor room 3 Trecento
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Accession number |
451
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Object history |
English:
executed for the chapel of Sant'Ansano of the Cathedral in Siena, part of a cycle with the theme of the life of Mary commissioned by the cathedral for the four altars of the patrons of Siena
1799 Uffizi
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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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References |
Annunciation
: Polo Museale Fiorentino, Inventario 1890: online database: entry
452
(Italian)
Polo Museale Fiorentino Catalogo: online database: entry 00284557 (Italian) Web Gallery of Art |
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Source/Photographer | ~ |
Annotations
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