Bicci di Lorenzo

Bicci di Lorenzo ( * 1368 or 1373 in Florence, † May 6, 1452 ) was an Italian painter.

Life

Bicci di Lorenzo was born in 1373 as son of Lorenzo di Bicci and Lucia d' Angelo da Panzano in Florence. He married in 1418 and the same year his son Neri di Bicci was born. 1426 he joined the painters' guild of Florence. His workshop was located near the Piazza Tasso in Florence's Oltrarno neighborhood. He died in 1452 and was buried in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence.

Works (selection)

• Approximately 1423 - 1425: Matrimonio di santa Caterina mistico, Florence, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
• Ca 1428: San Lorenzo, Florence, Accademia
• 1433: Madonna in Trono, Parma, National Gallery
• 1435: the Nativity, Florence, Chiesa di San Giovannino dei Cavalieri
• 1440: San Giuda Taddeo, Florence, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo
• 1450: Tre storie di San Niccolò
• 1450: Trittico del Duomo di Fiesole
• Undated San Niccolò da Tolentino protegge Empoli dalla peste, Empoli, Collegiate di Sant'Andrea