Lazzaro Vasari (1399–1468), also known as Lazzaro Taldi and as Lazzaro di Niccolò de' Taldi, was an Italian painter who was born in the

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. His father was a potter, as was Lazzaro Vasari’s son,

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. The painter Luca Signorelli (1441–1523) was Lazzaro Vasari’s nephew, and the art historian Giorgio Vasari was his great-grandson. Lazzaro Vasari’s best-known work is the

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of Saint Vincent Ferrer in the

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in Arezzo, Italy. He died in Arezzo in 1468 and was buried at the Chapel of San Giorgio in the same city.

References

* Bénézit, Emmanuel, ed., Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Originally published 1911-1923, Paris, Librairie Gründ, 1976. * Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, editors, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Reprint of 1907 edition, Leipzig, Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag, 1980-1986. * Vasari, Giorgio, ''

Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori, scultori, ed architettori ''The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'' ( it, Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori), often simply known as ''The Lives'' ( it, Le Vite), is a series of artist biographies written by 16th-ce ...

'', many editions and translations. {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasari, Lazzaro 15th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Tuscany 1399 births 1468 deaths