Simone Martini

Italian Artist · 1284–1344

6 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture

Simone Martini probably trained in the studio of Siena's foremost painter during the thirteenth century. At age thirty-seven he married the daughter of another noted Sienese artist. Combining Byzantine tendencies such as abstract gold backgrounds with simple and elegant Gothic forms, his work contributed to the development of the International style. By age thirty-three, Martini achieved great fam