Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini | |
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Born | 1340 Florence |
Died | 1414 |
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Painter |
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini (c. 1340 – 1414) was an Italian painter of the late Gothic period, active mainly in his native Florence although he also carried out commissions in Pisa and Prato. He was not an innovative painter but relied on traditional compositions in which he placed his figures in a stiff and dramatic movement.[1]
Early life and family
Gerini's father, Pietro Geri, was registered as a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1339. In 1368, Niccolò Dipintore is identified as a member of the Arte dei Medici e Speziali Guild (Guild of Doctors and Apothecaries, which included painters until 1378) in Florence. Niccolo worked mainly in Florence, although he also carried out commissions in Rome at the Vatican, and in Pisa and Prato.
Another important artist, Lorenzo di Niccolò di Martino, trained in Niccolò di Pietro Gerini's workshop and later collaborated with him, but was not his son as is sometimes erroneously stated. Gerini did have a son named Bindo di Niccolo di Pietro Gerini, born in 1363, who was registered as a member of the Guild of Saint Luke in 1408.
Career
Gerini represents the school of
Gerini is recorded as collaborating with Jacopo di Cione on frescoes for the Guild hall of the Judges and Notaries in Florence in 1366. He is the Niccolaio Dipintore who worked with Jacopo di Cione on the altarpiece of the Coronation of the Virgin[2] commissioned by the Albizzi family for San Pier Maggiore, Florence in 1370. He was paid 12 golden florins per disegnare la tavola dell’altare (for the design of the altarpiece) in November of the same year. In addition to the altarpiece, he designed the elaborate throne canopy, while Jacopo di Cione actually produced the piece.[3]
He collaborated with Jacopo di Cione on a second Coronation of the Virgin (
In 1386 Niccolò frescoed the façade of the
Between 1391 and 1392 he worked in Prato where he frescoed
References
- ^ Dillian Gordon. "Niccolò di Pietro Gerini." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 28 Mar. 2016
- ^ The Coronation is in London, National Gallery.
- ^ "artnet.com". Retrieved January 15, 2010.
External links
- Media related to Niccolò di Pietro Gerini at Wikimedia Commons