Simone Martini’s Saint Martin cycle

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Simone Martini’s Saint Martin cycle is a renowned series of Gothic frescoes depicting the life of Saint Martin, painted by the Sienese master in the early 14th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Gothic artwork ⓘ
fresco cycle ⓘ
religious painting series ⓘ
artForm fresco ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance important example of narrative fresco cycles ⓘ
key work of early 14th-century Sienese painting ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
creator Simone Martini ⓘ
depicts Christian saints ⓘ
Saint Martin as a Roman soldier ⓘ
Saint Martin as a bishop ⓘ
Saint Martin of Tours ⓘ
linked to: Martin of Tours

Saint Martin sharing his cloak with a beggar ⓘ
angels ⓘ
architectural backdrops ⓘ
contemporary courtly costumes ⓘ
miraculous events ⓘ
genre Gothic art ⓘ
hasAspect didactic religious narrative ⓘ
liturgical function ⓘ
hasPart death of Saint Martin ⓘ
miracles of Saint Martin ⓘ
scenes from the youth of Saint Martin ⓘ
scenes of Saint Martin’s charity ⓘ
scenes of Saint Martin’s episcopal life ⓘ
scenes of Saint Martin’s military life ⓘ
inception early 14th century ⓘ
influenced International Gothic style ⓘ
later Sienese painters ⓘ
influencedBy Byzantine painting tradition ⓘ
French Gothic art ⓘ
linked to: Gothic art
languageOfInscriptions Latin ⓘ
mainSubject life of Saint Martin ⓘ
materialUsed pigments on plaster ⓘ
movement Sienese School ⓘ
linked to: Sienese school
notableFor courtly Gothic figures ⓘ
elegant linear style ⓘ
narrative clarity ⓘ
refined color harmonies ⓘ
period Trecento ⓘ
portrays Saint Martin as bishop-saint ⓘ
Saint Martin as model of charity ⓘ
Saint Martin as soldier-saint ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
style International Gothic precursor ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted Late Roman Empire ⓘ
linked to: Late Antiquity
usesTechnique buon fresco ⓘ
fresco secco details ⓘ

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Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi → hasArtwork → Simone Martini’s Saint Martin cycle ⓘ