Gregorio di Cecco (sometimes ''Gregorio di Cecco da Lucca'' or ''Gregorio da Lucca di Cecco'') was an Italian painter of the
Sienese School during the early
Renaissance
The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...
. He was born in
Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
around 1390 and died after 1424.
He was a student of
Taddeo di Bartolo
Taddeo di Bartolo (c. 1363 – 26 August 1422), also known as Taddeo Bartoli, was an Italian painter of the Sienese School during the early Renaissance. He is among the artists profiled in Vasari's biographies of artists or ''Vite''. Vas ...
and later became di Bartolo's partner.
Works
*Altarpiece (1423) at the Francesco Tolomei chapel at the
Siena Cathedral
Siena Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Siena) is a medieval church in Siena, Italy, dedicated from its earliest days as a Roman Catholic Marian church, and now dedicated to the Assumption of Mary.
It was the episcopal seat of the Diocese of Siena, and ...
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''The Crucifixion with Saint Francis of Assisi - Saint John the Baptist - Mary Magdalene'' triptych by Gregorio di Cecco da Lucca
Quattrocento painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Siena
1390s births
15th-century deaths
15th-century Italian painters
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