Andrea de Litio (active 1442–1473) was an
Italian
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painter.
His city of birth is uncertain; one possibility is
Lecce nei Marsi
Lecce nei Marsi is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
It is located near the Fucino Lake plain, in the Marsica
Marsica is a geographical and historical region in the Abruzzo, central Italy, includin ...
in the
Province of L'Aquila
The Province of L'Aquila ( it, Provincia dell'Aquila) is the largest, most mountainous and least densely populated province of the Abruzzo region of Central Italy. It comprises about half the landmass of Abruzzo and occupies the western part of ...
in the
Abruzzo. He was active mainly in the Abruzzo. Documents from 1442 have him working in
Norcia
Norcia (), traditionally known in English by its Latin name of Nursia (), is a town and comune in the province of Perugia (Italy) in southeastern Umbria. Unlike many ancient towns, it is located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a su ...
as ''Andrea di Giovanni de Leccio'', working alongside
Luca di Lorenzo,
Giambono di Corrado
Giambono di Corrado (15th century) was an Italian painter.
History
He was born in Dubrovnik but moved to Norcia, where he was adopted and was taught by Olivuccio di Ciccarello. Giambono was documented in Norcia in 1442, at work in the choir of Sa ...
,
Bartolomeo di Tommaso, and
Nicola da Siena. His masterworks are frescoes in the choir of the canons in
Atri Cathedral. These include a depiction of the evangelist
Saint Luke
Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...
as a painter. Other frescoes have primitive oddities: such as his depiction of ''The Massacre of the Innocents''. He also painted for churches in
CelanoRette della Cultura Abruzzese, Regione Abruzzo
, biographies of Personaggi Illustri.
References
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown
15th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
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