SIMONE MARTINI
(b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon)

The Virgin of the Annunciation

1333
Tempera on wood, 31 x 21 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

This small panel was originally half of a two-part panel (a diptych) made for private devotion. The other half of this diptych, representing the angel of the annunciation is in the National Gallery of Art, Washington.