Fra Diamante
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Fra Diamante (c. 1430 – c. 1498) was an Italian Renaissance painter.
Biography
Born at
Amid the work he was recalled to Florence by his conventual superior, and a minute of proceedings of the commune of Prato is still extant, in which it is determined to petition the metropolitan of Florence to obtain his return to Prato, a proof that his share in the work was so important that his recall involved the suspension of it. Subsequently, he assisted Filippo in the execution of the frescoes in the
Lippi left a son ten years old (the future artist Filippino Lippi) to the care of Diamante, who, having received 200 ducats from the commune of Spoleto, as the balance due for the work done in the cathedral, returned with the child to Florence, and, as art biographer Giorgio Vasari says, bought land for himself with the money, giving but a small portion to the child. The accusation of wrongdoing, however, would depend upon the share of the work executed by Fra Diamante, and the terms of his agreement with Lippi. Fra Diamante must have been nearly seventy when he completed the frescoes at Spoleto, but the exact year of his death is not known.[1]
References
- ^ a b c public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Diamante, Fra". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 157. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
External links
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