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Pietro Di Giovanni D'Ambrogio
Pietro di Giovanni D'Ambrogio (floruit, fl. 1410-1449) was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. Life and work He was apparently born in Siena and may have studied with Stefano di Giovanni, known as "Il Sassetta". In 1428, he became a member of the Painter's Guild. Most of his surviving pieces date from the 1430s and 1440s. The first major work that is still extant is an altarpiece depicting the adoration of the shepherds with Saint Augustine and Saint Galgano, which dates from between 1430 and 1435 and may have been based on earlier works by Ambrogio Lorenzetti or Bartolomeo Bulgarini. Some of his works were also once attributed to Il Sassetta. Documents from 1440 indicate that he received payment for some works done in the Città di Castello, but the nature of those works is not mentioned. That same year, he worked on frescoes at the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala (Siena), Santa Maria della Scala (now a museum), but these have been destroyed. In 1444, following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Di Giovanni D'Ambrogio
Pietro di Giovanni D'Ambrogio (floruit, fl. 1410-1449) was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. Life and work He was apparently born in Siena and may have studied with Stefano di Giovanni, known as "Il Sassetta". In 1428, he became a member of the Painter's Guild. Most of his surviving pieces date from the 1430s and 1440s. The first major work that is still extant is an altarpiece depicting the adoration of the shepherds with Saint Augustine and Saint Galgano, which dates from between 1430 and 1435 and may have been based on earlier works by Ambrogio Lorenzetti or Bartolomeo Bulgarini. Some of his works were also once attributed to Il Sassetta. Documents from 1440 indicate that he received payment for some works done in the Città di Castello, but the nature of those works is not mentioned. That same year, he worked on frescoes at the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala (Siena), Santa Maria della Scala (now a museum), but these have been destroyed. In 1444, following the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
