The Virgin Annunciate

The training of the Pisan Giovanni di Balduccio, from his apprenticeship with Giovanni during the work on the cathedral of his city to his first independent experiences in harmony with Tino di Camaino, sharpened to the point of exasperation the elegant refinement of his line. In the Annunciation of San Casciano the setting already has the homely familiarity of so many small late fourteenth-century panels.