born с 1280/90, Siena?, Republic of Siena
died с 1348, Siena
born с 1290, Siena, Republic of Siena
died с 1348, Siena
Italian painters.
Both brothers were possibly pupils of Giotto , though he departs from Giotto in his attention to detail. His Birth of the Virgin and Ambrogio's Presentation in the Temple , for Siena Cathedral (1342), are notable for their handling of perspective. With Simone Martini , the brothers were the principal exponents of Sienese art in the years before the {{link=Black Death">Black Death , in which both presumably died.