Master of Pratovecchio

Master of Pratovecchio : Altarpieces from Pratovecchio, Italy around 1457, National Gallery, London

The Master of Pratovecchio ( Italian: Maestro di Pratovecchio) is an early Renaissance painter who is not known by name and who worked in Tuscany in Italy in the mid-15th century .

Naming and style

The master got his emergency name after his triptych, which comes from a church in Pratovecchio . The master, first mentioned around 1457, shows the influence of Andrea del Castagno and, like him, paints realistically and observing nature.

Works (selection)

• Altar of Pratovecchio , Church of Pratovècchio (Assumption)
• Altar of Pratovecchio , National Gallery, London (two parts, icons)
• Three Archangels , Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
• Madonna and Child , Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Madonna and Child , Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan (attributed to)
• Madonna with Six Angels , Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Illustrations

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  Master of Pratovecchio: Madonna and Child

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  Master of Pratovecchio: Three Archangels

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  Master of Pratovecchio: Madonna with six angels

literature

• R. Longhi: Il Maestro di Pratovecchio . In: Paragone , 35 (1952) pp. 28-29
• M. Davies: Earlier Italian Schools (National Gallery Catalogs). London 1961
• B. Fredericksen: Giovanni di Francesco and the Master of Pratovecchio . Malibu 1974
• A. Padoa Rizzo: Ristudiando i documenti: Proposte per il “Maestro di Pratovecchio” e la sua tavola eponima . In: Studi di storia dell'arte sul Medioevo e il Rinascimento II ,. Florence 1993
• A. Padoa Rizzo: The Master of Pratovecchio . In: The Dictionary of Art, London 1996

Web links

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