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 be viewed at Christie’s London at the following dates:

Viewing
Thursday 26th June – Wednesday 9th July

Thursday 26th June, 10am-5pm
Friday 27th June, 9am-5pm
Saturday 28th June, 12pm-5pm
Sunday 29th, 12pm-5pm
Mon 30th June, 9pm-5pm
Tuesday 1st July, 9am-5pm
Wednesday 2nd July, 9am-5pm
Thursday 3rd July, 9am-5pm
Friday 4th July, 9am-5pm
Saturday 5th July, 12pm-5pm
Sunday 6th July, 12pm-5pm
Monday 7th July, 9am-5pm
Tuesday 8th July, 9am-5pm
Wednesday 9th July, 9am-5pm