The artists Duccio, Simone Martini and the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti were not afraid to paint in a new way, each brought their own innovations to the works they produced. 
Visit Siena to imagine their marvellous altarpieces reinstated and smaller devotional pieces in the hands of the people who commissioned them.
Filmed on location in Siena and in the National Gallery, watch as curators along with local experts and artists introduce us to the leading artists and their exquisite influential works.
? The National Gallery exhibition, Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300‒1350
Until 22 June 2025
See some of Europe's earliest, most exquisite and most significant artworks
Weblink https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/siena-the-rise-of-painting
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