Domenico di Cecco, also known by Domenico di Cecco di Baldi (active mid-15th century) was an Italian painter of the

Quattrocento The cultural and artistic events of Italy during the period 1400 to 1499 are collectively referred to as the Quattrocento (, , ) from the Italian word for the number 400, in turn from , which is Italian for the year 1400. The Quattrocento encom ...

Biography

He was born in

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines. History The city's origins are very ancient. ...

, and active there, where he was a pupil of

Ottaviano Nelli Ottaviano Nelli (1375–1444?) was an Italian painter of the early Quattrocento. Nelli primarily painted frescoes, but also panel paintings. He had several pupils and two painters were influenced by him. Biography He was born in Gubbio in Umbr ...

. Archivio storico per le Marche e per l'Umbria
Volume 3, page 34. In 1444, he painted a ''Grieving Madonna and St Peter'' for the church of Santa Maria della Piaggiola in Gubbio.

References

15th-century Italian painters Quattrocento painters Italian male painters Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown People from Gubbio Umbrian painters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub