Siena and the Renaissance: A Selling Exhibition

In the course of the 14th and 15th centuries, Sienese artists revolutionised the art of painting. Paintings – whether large polyptychs, small-scale devotional works or manuscript illuminations – were imbued with a sense of drama, emotion, movement and narrative detail that had never before been seen. Artists like Duccio, the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti and Simone Martini created paintings of delicate precision, often utilising sumptuous materials to enhance their brilliance. The success of these works is evident both in the generations of Sienese artists who followed their lead and the way in which these images enrapture audiences today much as they did viewers nearly 700 years ago.

This private selling exhibition showcases a curated selection of works in different media and traces the profound impact of this new approach to painting among Sienese artists from the mid-14th to the early 16th centuries.

Selected works can also be viewed at Christie’s New York at the following dates:

Viewing Dates and Times
Saturday 17th May – Wednesday 21st May
Monday – Saturday, 10am–5pm
Sunday, 1pm–5pm

Further opportunities to view highlights will be available during the Classic Week auction series in Paris (June) and in London (June and July).