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Lorenzo Monaco (c.1370 – c.1425) was a Sienese painter and miniaturist of the late Gothic to early Renaissance age, active principally in Florence. [1] He was born Piero di Giovanni . Little is known about his youth, apart from the fact that he was apprenticed in Florence .
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On the left is portrayed the nativity scene, within an architecture showing Lorenzo's refusal of the contemporary introduction of geometrical perspective in art. The Madonna, wearing a dark blue garment with three stars (symbols of virginity), is sitting on a stone and showing the Christ child to the spectators. St.
The frescoes, fragments of which are now lost, occupy the chapel's walls, vault, arch and lunette. Lorenzo Monaco was initially a miniaturist, but also worked on (wooden) panels: an outstanding example of the latter is the altarpiece in this chapel, his Annunciation.
Lorenzo Monaco, c. 1410. Donatello, low relief in marble, 1420s. Sano di Pietro c. 1440. Andrea di Bartolo, c. 1410. ... Nativity (8 September) Holy Name (12 September)
Peter of Verona Thomas Aquinas Christ Child Madonna and Child Saint Peter crucifixion Day of Judgment Nativity of Jesus: Alesso di Benozzo: 1480 1975.1.77: religious art: woman angel Mary Annunciation: Lorenzo Veneziano: 1360 1975.1.78: religious art: Mary Christ Child bird man Madonna and Child
Bartolini Salimbeni Chapel: houses frescoes of Life of the Virgin (1420s) by Lorenzo Monaco and assistants. [4] The impressive Annunciation altarpiece is also by Lorenzo Monaco. R 5 Ardinghelli chapel: contains a 15th-century Man of Sorrows and a tabernacle (1505–15) by Benedetto da Rovezzano. R 6 (far wall after transept exit)