A Comparison You Must Consider Simone Martini’s Annunciation and Pietro Lorenzetti’s Birth of the Virgin What does this mean?
Simone Martini Annunciation from the Siena Cathedral 1333 tempera and gold on wood panel
Pietro Lorenzetti Birth of the Virgin from the Siena Cathedral c Pietro Lorenzetti Birth of the Virgin from the Siena Cathedral c. 1335-1342 tempera and gold on wood panel
Both were made in Siena in within the same ten years Both were made in Siena in within the same ten years. What do you notice?