# The Annunciation and Two Saints [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MEMMI, Lippo]() - Date: 1301-1350 - Technique: Tempera on wood, 184 x 210 cm ## Commentary The altarpiece was executed between 1329 and 1333 for the chapel of Sant'Ansano of the Cathedral in Siena by Simone Martini and his brother-in-law Lippo Memmi, to whom are attributed the two lateral figures: Saint Ansano - patron of Siena - and Saint Giulitta. On the gold background the figures of Angel Gabriel and the Virgin enhances Gothic line, without narrative details: just the central pot with lilies, symbolizing Mary's purity, and the olive branch. The golden relief inscription starting from the Angel's mouth contains beginning words of the Annunciation. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation to the Virgin]() - [Betrayal of Judas \(detail\)]() - [Christ Blessing \(detail\)]() - [Crucifixion \(detail\)]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Madonna and Child]() - [Madonna of the Recommended]() - [Maestà]() - [Maestà]() - [Mocking of Christ]() - [Scenes from the Life of Christ \(first bay\)]() - [Scenes from the Life of Christ \(second bay\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()