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New York – The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Met) in New York announced today that it will open this fall in the United States the first major exhibition of Italian art from the first half of the 14th century, including paintings, sculpture, metalwork, and textiles by painters Duccio, Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini.
The exhibition, which will be open from October 13 to January 26, will delve into “an exceptional moment” at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance and will focus on the “fundamental role” of artists of the Sienese School in “the definition of Western painting,” the institution reported today.
The exhibition, titled Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300-1350, which is also being organised by London’s National Gallery, will bring together more than 100 works that will “show the importance of Siena in new light”, from Duccio’s influence to the spread of the artistic style outside Italy.
It will be composed of creations that represent turning points in the careers of these Sienese artists, as well as others that remain in a more private context.
Among the most striking are Duccio’s Madonna and Child; Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Annunciation; or Simone Martini’s polyptych Orsini.
“Siena was a center of innovation and artistic ambition in the 14th and 15th centuries. His influence on the development of European art and the evolution of painting cannot be underestimated,” Max Hollein, director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said in a statement.
Exhibition curator Stephan Wolohojian added in the same statement that “the unique artistic language of Duccio, the Lorenzetti brothers, Simone Martini, and their contemporaries revolutionized the course of European painting.”
The Met will host a variety of educational programs related to this exhibition, digital versions of which will be available on the Museum’s website.
After the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the exhibition will be on view at the National Gallery in London from March 8 to June 22, 2025. Efei
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