''Saint Louis of Toulouse Crowning His Brother Robert of Anjou'' is a painting by

Simone Martini Simone Martini ( – July 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. It is thought that Martini was a p ...

, commissioned from him by

Robert of Anjou Robert of Anjou (), known as Robert the Wise (; 1276 – 20 January 1343), was King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem and Count of Provence and Forcalquier from 1309 to 1343, the central figure of Italian politics of his time. He was the thir ...

during the artist's stay in Naples around 1317. It shows Robert being crowned by his elder brother

Louis of Toulouse Saint Louis of Toulouse (9 February 1274 – 19 August 1297), also known as Louis of Anjou, was a Neapolitan prince of the Capetian House of Anjou and a Catholic bishop. Life Louis was born in Brignoles, Provence (or in Italy, at Nocera, whe ...

, who was made a saint in 1317. It is now in the

National Museum of Capodimonte Museo di Capodimonte is an art museum located in the Palace of Capodimonte, a grand Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy designed by Giovanni Antonio Medrano. The museum is the prime repository of Neapolitan painting and decorative art, with sever ...

in Naples.

References

Bibliography

*Pierluigi Leone de Castris, Simone Martini, Federico Motta Editore, Milano 2003. *Chiara Frugoni, Le storie di San Francesco. Guida agli affreschi della Basilica superiore di Assisi, Einaudi, 2010. *P. de Rynck, Simone Martini: «San Luis de Toulouse coronando a Roberto de Anjou, rey de Nápoles», pp. 12–13, Random House Mondadori (2005) *Center and Periphery: Studies on Power in the Medieval World in Honor of William Chester Jordan *Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe {{14C-painting-stub 1310s paintings Paintings in the Museo di Capodimonte Paintings by Simone Martini Paintings of Louis of Toulouse