November 12, 2024

A Look at the “Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350” Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Aurea, and patriarchs and
prophets
, ca. 1312-15, Duccio di Buoninsegna (active 1278-1318)

With over a hundred works drawn from the collections of The Met, the National Gallery in London, and dozens of other lenders, The Metropolitan Museum of Art's ongoing exhibit Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350, is an absolute triumph of the sublime. Boasting an impressive array of paintings, sculptures, and textiles by influential Sienese masters such as Duccio, Lorenzetti, Martini, and others, the viewer is offered an exhilarating glimpse of the dawn of the Italian Renaissance. Rooted in faith and tradition, it is a glorious celebration of Western art.


Upcoming exhibits of note at the Met Fifth Avenue:

Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature (February 8—May 11, 2025)

Sargent and Paris (April 27—August 3, 2025)

(L) Madonna and Child, ca. 1290-1300, Duccio di Buoninsegna.
(R) The Annunciation, 1311, Duccio di Buoninsegna
Crucifixion with Saints Nicholas and Gregory, and the
Redeemer with Angels
, ca. 3111-18, Duccio di Buoninsegna
Back Predella of Maestà Altarpiece at Siena Cathedral,
ca. 1308-11, Duccio di Buoninsegna
(L) Madonna del Latte, ca 1325, Ambrogio Lorenzetti (active 1319-47).
(R) Saint Sabinus before the Roman Governor of Tuscany, 1335-42,
Pietro Lorenzetti (active 1320-48) and workshop
(L) Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels, ca. 1350, Lippo Memmi
(active 1317-56). (R) Virgin and Child with Four Saints and Dominican Nun,
ca. 1325, Simone Martini (active 1315-44)
(L) Virgin and Child with Queen Sancia of Naples, Saints, and Angels, ca. 1332-33, Tino di Camaino (ca. 1280–ca. 1337). (R) Virgin and Child with Saints Catherine and John the Baptist, ca. 1340-50, Giovanni di Agostino (ca. 1310-70)
(L) Enthroned Virgin, first half 14th century, Goro di Gregorio (active ca. 1300-1334). (R) Man of Sorrows, ca. 1329-32, Tino di Camaino (ca. 1280–ca. 1337)
(L) Virgin and Child with the Annunciation and the Nativity, ca. 1310-15,
Goodheart Ducciesque Master (active ca. 1310-30) (R) The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine, ca. 1340, Barna Da Siena (active second quarter 14th century)
Detail of the Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine depicting St.
Margaret of Antioch striking the demon Beelzebub with a hammer
Virgin and Child and Man of Sorrows, ca. 1340-45,
Pietro Lorenzetti (active 1320-48)
The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain,
ca. 1308-11, Duccio di Buoninsegna
Virgin and Child and St. Andrew, ca. 1326-30, Simone Martini (active 1315-44)
St. Ansanus and St. Luke, ca. 1326-30, Simone Martini (active 1315-44)
Christ Carrying the Cross from the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de
Berry, 1405-8/1409, the Limbourg Brothers (active 1399-1416)
(L) Angel Gabriel, ca. 1335-40, Simone Martini. (R) Christ
Discovered in the Temple, 1342, Simone Martini (1315-44)
Christ Carrying the Cross and The Crucifixion, Orsini Polyptych,
ca. 1335-40, Simone Martini (1315-44)
Stories from the Life of St. Nicholas, ca. 1332-34,
Ambrogio Lorenzetti (active 1319-47)