SIMONE MARTINI
(b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon)

St Martin is Knighted (detail)

1320-25
Fresco, 87 x 61 cm (size of detail)
Cappella di San Martino, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

Musicians, singers, equerries with weapons and falconers all witness the scene taking place inside a palace with loggias and wooden ceilings.