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Martini painted a polyptych for the Sant'Agostino church. The work is nowadays dispersed over three different museums.
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Martini was born in Siena. Several frescoes, among which his "Maestà", are in the Palazzo Pubblico.
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"According to late Renaissance art biographer Giorgio Vasari, Simone was (...) a pupil of Giotto di Bondone, with whom he went to Rome to paint at the Old St. Peter's Basilica".
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Martini died in Avignon, while serving the Papal Court. Some of his works – detached frescoes and their sinopia – are visible at the Palais des Papes.
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The Romanesque church of Santi Stefano and Degna in Castiglione d'Orcia houses a 'Madonna with Child' by Simone Martini.
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The San Martino Chapel in the lower church of the Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi features frescoes by Martini.
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