Simone Martini - Maestà - Google Art Project

The ''Maestà'' is a large fresco (7.63 x 9.7 m) by

Simone Martini Simone Martini ( – 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. It is thought that Martini was a pupil ...

. It takes up the whole north wall of the Sala del Mappamondo (or Sala del Consiglio) in the

Palazzo Pubblico The Palazzo Pubblico (''town hall'') is a palace in Siena, Tuscany, central Italy. Construction began in 1297 to serve as the seat of the Republic of Siena's government, which consisted of the Podestà and Council of Nine, the elected officia ...

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...

. It was created from 1312 to 1315 and is considered one of the artist's masterpieces and one of the most important examples of 14th-century Italian art.Alessandro Bagnoli, ''La Maestà di Simone Martini'', Silvana Editore, Milano, 1999 (Italian)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Maesta (Simone Martini) 1310s paintings Paintings in the Palazzo Pubblico Paintings of the Madonna and Child