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Lorenzo Monaco

Lorenzo Monaco

1370 –1425

Painter, Illuminator, Monk

Lived 55 years

Born in
Siena
Passed away in
Florence

Lorenzo Monaco (c.1370 – c.1425) was a Sienese painter and miniaturist of the late Gothic to early Renaissance age, active principally in Florence. He was born Piero di Giovanni. Little is known about his youth, apart from the fact that he was apprenticed in Florence. He has been considered the last important exponent of the Giotto style, before the Renaissance revolution that came with Fra Angelico and Masaccio.

Notable works: Annunciation Triptych, Adoration of the Magi, Bartolini Salimbeni Annunciation, Madonna of humility, Madonna con Bambino e San Giovanni Battista, Agony in the Garden, Prato Tryptych

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Monaco