Lorenzo di Bicci

Lorenzo di Bicci (* around 1350 in Florence, † 1427 ) was an Italian painter.

Life

Lorenzo di Bicci was born in 1350 in Florence. He was the father of Bicci di Lorenzo and the grandfather of Neri di Bicci. For the first time as a painter he was mentioned in 1370. In his early years he worked several times together with Agnolo Gaddi, as in the decoration of the Loggia dei Lanzi ( 1385 ). Spinello Aretino and Agnolo Gaddi With he worked on the drawings for four marble statues of the Apostles on the facade of Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore ), which were completed in 1394 by Piero di Giovanni Tedesco. The paint work on the statues he said with Agnolo Gaddi, Jacopo di Cione, the brother of Orcagna (Andrea di Cione ) and Lapo di Corso.

Works (selection)

  • Colle di Val d' Elsa, Museo Civico d'Arte Sacra e Diocesan: Madonna con Bambino e Santi, Crocifissione di Cristo ( comes from the Church of San Giusto a Villore ( Poggibonsi) )
  • Empoli, Museo della Collegiate di Sant'Andrea: Crocifissione di Cristo ( panel paintings, created in 1399, comes from the Compagnia della Croce, also called Vesta Nera, the church of Santo Stefano in Empoli)
  • Madonna con Bambino e Santi, Crocifissione di Cristo, Santi, Episodi della vita di San Martino, Sant'Andrea, Sant'Agata and San Giovanni Battista ( triptych panel painting)
  • San Tommaso riceve la cintura dalla Madonna assunta
  • Madonna con Bambino (fresco )
  • San Giuliano l' Ospedaliere e San Zanobi ( parts of a polyptych )
  • San Martino dona parte del mantello al povero ( predella on wood)
  • San Giovanni Evangelista ( tablature )
  • San Marco Evangelista ( tablature )
  • San Matteo Evangelista ( tablature )
  • Sant'Antonio Abate, San Ludovico di Tolosa and San Lorenzo ( tablature )
  • San Francesco d' Assisi, San Michele Arcangelo, Santa Caterina d' Alessandria ( tablature )
  • Madonna con Bambino e Santi
  • Madonna con Bambino e Santi Angeli tra
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