All tours · TOUR 02

Gold Altarpieces of Siena and Florence

Italian altarpieces of the 1200s to 1400s, with saints and the Madonna painted on gold-leaf grounds, one after another.

Rooms 1 and 2 are free for everyone.

From room 3, a Pyeongye subscription opens the rest. Every room has notes on reading its painting.

Saints Bartholomew and SimonMaster of Saint Francis1Madonna and ChildDuccio di Buoninsegna2The Adoration of the MagiGiotto di Bondone3The Last SupperUgolino da Siena4Saint AndrewSimone Martini5Madonna and ChildSimone Martini6The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the BaptistGiovanni Baronzio7The Assumption of the VirginBernardo Daddi8The CrucifixionPietro Lorenzetti9The Coronation of the VirginNiccolò di Buonaccorso10The Adoration of the MagiBartolo di Fredi11The NativityLorenzo Monaco12Saint Anthony the Abbot in the WildernessSano di Pietro13Coronation of the VirginGiovanni di Paolo14The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the AnnunciationGiovanni di Paolo15
  1. 1Saints Bartholomew and SimonMaster of Saint Francis · ca. 1272Free
  2. 2Madonna and ChildDuccio di Buoninsegna · ca. 1290–1300Free
  3. 3The Adoration of the MagiGiotto di Bondone · possibly ca. 1320Members
  4. 4The Last SupperUgolino da Siena · ca. 1325Members
  5. 5Saint AndrewSimone Martini · ca. 1326Members
  6. 6Madonna and ChildSimone Martini · ca. 1326Members
  7. 7The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the BaptistGiovanni Baronzio · ca. 1330–35Members
  8. 8The Assumption of the VirginBernardo Daddi · 1337–38Members
  9. 9The CrucifixionPietro Lorenzetti · 1340sMembers
  10. 10The Coronation of the VirginNiccolò di Buonaccorso · ca. 1380Members
  11. 11The Adoration of the MagiBartolo di Fredi · ca. 1390Members
  12. 12The NativityLorenzo Monaco · ca. 1406–10Members
  13. 13Saint Anthony the Abbot in the WildernessSano di Pietro · ca. 1440Members
  14. 14Coronation of the VirginGiovanni di Paolo · ca. 1455Members
  15. 15The Annunciation to Zacharias; (verso) The Angel of the AnnunciationGiovanni di Paolo · ca. 1455–60Members
Start at room 1