- Bicci di Lorenzo
Bicci di Lorenzo (1373-1452) was an Italian painter and sculptor, active in
Florence .He was born in Florence in 1373, the son of the painter,
Lorenzo di Bicci , whose workshop he joined. He married in 1418, and in 1424 was registered in the Guild of Painters at Florence. His son,Neri di Bicci was also a painter and took over the family workshop. Bicci di Lorenzo died in Florence in 1452 and was buried in Santa Maria del Carmine.Following early work - largely frescoes - in collaboration with his father, he received a number of important commissions, including, according to
Vasari , from theMedici for a cycle of frescoes of "Illustrious Men" for thePalazzo Medici . For the Opera del Duomo, he painted frescoes of the apostles. And he painted a "Saints Cosmas and Damian" and frescoes representing the dedication of the church itself for Sant'Egidio in the hospital of Santa Maria Nuova.His best paintings are now thought to be the "Madonna in Trono" now in the National Gallery at Parma, the "Three stories of St Nicholas" triptych in the
cathedral of Fiesole , and a "Nativity" in the church ofSan Giovannino dei Cavalieri in Florence. There are frescoes of his in the entrance to the Compagni chapel in the church ofSanta Trinita , and in the area around Florence, there are frescoes inEmpoli and atLastra a Signa .References
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