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Facts

Born c.1280 or c.1290 • Siena? • Italy
Died c.1348 • Siena • Italy
Movement / Style Gothic art
Notable Family Members brother Ambrogio Lorenzetti

Photos

Altarpiece by Pietro Lorenzetti showing the Blessed Humility holding a book and staff at center, surrounded by eleven painted panels illustrating scenes from her life, with round portraits below.
Lorenzetti, Pietro: Detail from Altarpiece of the Blessed Humility
Painting Birth of the Virgin by Pietro Lorenzetti, a triptych showing Saint Anne reclining in bed, attendants washing the newborn Mary, and figures gathered in a richly decorated interior.
Pietro Lorenzetti: Birth of the Virgin
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Fresco by Simone Martini showing Saint Martin of Tours holding a crucifix and gesturing as he speaks to Emperor Julianus, surrounded by soldiers and tents in a medieval camp.
Simone Martini
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“Annunciation,” gold leaf and tempera on wood panel by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, 1344; in the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy.
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
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Masaccio: Holy Trinity
Masaccio
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Piero della Francesca: The Flagellation of Christ
Piero della Francesca
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Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child
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The Birth of the Virgin, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1486–90; in the choir of Santa Maria Novella, Florence.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
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Santa Trinità Madonna by Cimabue
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Baptism of Christ
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Taddeo Gaddi
Taddeo Gaddi
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Lippi, Filippino: The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem
Filippino Lippi
Italian painter
Bernardino Luini: The Magdalen
Bernardino Luini
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Giunta Pisano: Crucifixion
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Self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci drawn in red chalk, showing an elderly man with long hair and a flowing beard, with a serious, contemplative expression.
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Michelangelo
Michelangelo
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Titian: Venus of Urbino
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Tintoretto: Last Supper
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Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
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Andrea Mantegna: Arrival of Cardinal Francesco Gonzaga
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