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Article: The Guidoriccio fresco: a new attribution: Thomas de Wesselow argues that the celebrated fresco, traditionally known as Guidoriccio, in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico, is not by Simone Martini, and proposes an alternative candidate.
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- March 1, 2004
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The well known controversy over the authenticity of the so called Guidoriccio fresco in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico (Figs. 1 and 2) has now been running for over a quarter of a century. (1) It is one of the peculiar features of this dispute that, although it revolves around a problem of attribution whether or not the fresco should be ascribed, as traditionally thought, to Simone Martini--the battle has not been fought on stylistic grounds. While those who defend the traditional attribution of the Guidoriccio have on occasion demonstrated the work's evident affinity with Simone's art, (2) their principal opponents, Gordon Moran and Michael Mallory, have tended to avoid ...
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