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Saint Catherine of Alexandria Polyptych

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and further couples of saints which, from left to right, are Gregory and Luke, Stephen and Apollonia, Jerome and Lucy, Agnes and Ambrose, Thomas of Aquino and Augustine, Ursula and Lawrence
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Since the identification of the saints is controversial, the saints panels in the museum are placed differently from the image in this article.
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The polyptych is Martini's largest work, and includes numerous sub-panels. Aside from the seven main ones, there are 15
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figures, an upper row with other 14 figures and seven cusps with other characters. There is a total of 44 figures.
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The work is signed SYMON DE SENIS ME PINXIT in the central panel with the
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95 cm Ă— 339 cm (37 in Ă— 133 in)
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Saint Louis of Toulouse Crowning His Brother Robert of Anjou
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Christ in the Sepulchre with the Madonna and St. Mark
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Simone Martini
Tempera and gold on panel
Museo nazionale di San Matteo
Pisa
Simone Martini
Santa Caterina, Pisa
Museo Nazionale di San Matteo
the same city
predella
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e
Simone Martini
MaestĂ 
Saint Louis of Toulouse Crowning His Brother Robert of Anjou
Saint Catherine of Alexandria Polyptych
Blessed Agostino Novello Triptych
Guidoriccio da Fogliano at the Siege of Montemassi
Annunciation with Saint Margaret and Saint Ansanus
Lippo Memmi
Orsini Polyptych
San Martino Chapel
Giotto
Lippo Memmi
Categories
1320s paintings
Paintings by Simone Martini
Polyptychs
Paintings of Jerome

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