- Andrea Vanni
Andrea Vanni (1332-c. 1414) was an Italian painter of the early
Renaissance .He was born in
Siena , and in conjunction withBartolo di Maestro Fredi , began to paint in 1353. He seems to have been important in Siena, having been elected a member of the Great Council in 1370,Gonfaloniero in 1371, sent as Envoy to the Pope atAvignon in 1372, on a mission toFlorence in 1373, and again as Envoy to the Pope atNaples in 1384.Many examples exist of his paintings between 1353 and 1414 in
Naples and its vicinity. At the chapel ofSt. Catherine of Siena , in the church of San Domenico,Naples , can be found the remains of a fresco painted by him to commemorate the life of that saint, who was a correspondent and perhaps a relation of his own. A letter from St. Catherine to Vanni survives. [CathEncy|wstitle=Andrea Vanni] About the year 1400, he painted her portrait with scenes from the life of St. James, in a chapel in San Jacomo Interciso, but these works have disappeared. He also decorated three chapels in the cathedral of Siena; finished other work on its facade in 1380; and in 1398 painted an ' Annunciation' for the same building.References
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume II L-Z)| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 586| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=
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