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Birth of the Virgin (1335-1342)*
Artist/Designer: Pietro Lorenzetti
Project Location: Italy
Style/Period(s):
Renaissance
Primary Material(s):
Wood, Paint
Function(s):
Religious Building
Related Website(s):
Significant Date(s):
1342, 1335, 14th Century
Additional Information:
Publications/Texts in Print-
Frugoni, Chiara. Pietro e Ambrogio Lorenzetti. Antella, Firenze, Italy: Scala, 1988.
Norman, Diana. Siena and the Virgin: Art and Politics in a Late Medieval City State. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1999.
Additional Information-
Building Address:
Siena Cathedral
Piazza del Duomo, 8, 53100 Siena SI, Italy
Supporting Designers/Staff:
Significant Dates:
Commissioned in 1335
Completed by 1342
Tags:
Painting, Siena Cathedral, religious, Renaissance
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