1333_The_Annunciation_Martini.txt

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Simone Martini ca. 1284 – 1344
The Annunciation

tempera on panel (184 × 210 cm) — 1333
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Simone Martini biography

This work is linked to Luke 1:28

Archangel Gabriel (with the wings) delivers the message to the virgin Mary. Martini took this literally: the words flow from the angel's mouth to Mary. "Ave Maria, gratia plena, dominus tecum [..]" (Luke 1:28).

This altarpiece was made using much gold leaf. To the left stands Saint Ansanus, the patron of Siena; to the right Saint Giulitta. They may have been painted by Martini's brother-in-law Lippo Memmi.