Memmo di Filipuccio

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The Trial by Fire before the Sultan, from the cycle of frescoes on the life of St. Francis of Assisi

Memmo di Filipuccio († after 1285 in Siena ) was a Sienese painter of the Italian Protenaissance . Memmo's daughter was married to Simone Martini .

As the father and teacher of the better-known artist Lippo Memmi , he has a certain importance, as he supposedly owes his style to the influence of Filipuccio.

Miniatures

Memmo di Filipuccio also worked as an illuminator of manuscripts. Codices that he illuminated are kept in the Biblioteca Comunale e Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Siena, in the Fondazione Cini in Venice and in the Museo nazionale di San Matteo in Pisa.

Frescoes

  • Cycle of frescoes on the life of St. Francis of Assisi 1296–1298. Upper church of the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi
  • Hunting and tournament scenes, frescoes in the Palazzo del Podestà, San Gimignano (together with Azzo di Masetto)

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personal data
SURNAME Filipuccio, Memmo di
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 12th century or 13th century
DATE OF DEATH after 1285
Place of death Siena