Lippo Vanni was a 14th-century

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painter and miniaturist who was active in his native

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. He painted miniatures for the

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in Siena in 1344, and his name first appears in the Guild in 1355. In 1352 he executed a ''Coronation of the Virgin'' for the

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, the Sienese Ministry of Finance. In 1359, together with Nello Betti, he executed some work in the

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, and in 1372 he painted an ''Annunciation'' for the cloisters of San Domenico at Siena, portions of which still exist. In 1375 he received six gold florins and thirty-one soldi for painting the doors of the great crucifix in the cathedral of Siena. A 14th-century triptych of Saint Andrew by Lippo Vanni hangs in the ''Sala del Senato'' or Academic Senate conference room of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, ''Angelicum'' in Rome.

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There are paintings by Lippo Vanni in the Minneapolis Institute of Art("Crucifixion")and the Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables,Florida worthy of attention.

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''Italian Paintings: Sienese and Central Italian Schools''
a collection catalog containing information about Vanni and his works (see index; plate 20). 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Siena Manuscript illuminators Year of death unknown Gothic painters Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-stub