Lorenzo Salimbeni (
San Severino Marche 1374-c1418) and Jacopo Salimbeni (c.1370/80-after 1426) were Italian painters. They were brothers whose work spanned both a relatively narrow geographical area and time period, from the triptych painting of the altarpiece of the ''Mystical Marriage of St Catherine'' by Lorenzo alone in 1400 (Pinacoteca Civica, San Severino) to the frescoes of the ''Crucifixion'' and ''Scenes from the Life of St John the Baptist'' in the
Oratory of St John the Baptist, Urbino
The Oratory of St John the Baptist (Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista) is a 14th-century small chapel or prayer hall located in Via Francesco Barocci, in Urbino, Region of the Marche, Italy.
The oratory is best known for its late Gothic style fr ...
, in 1416. The majority of their work is to be found in churches in and around their home town,
San Severino Marche.
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Life
Jacopo served as a Councillor of the Commune in San Severino Marche.
[https://www.italianartsociety.org/2018/10/lorenzo-salimbeni-died-before-october-8th-1420/]
Works
Some works are signed by Lorenzo alone; none are undoubtedly ascribable to Jacopo alone. In spite of their production was limited to few provinces of east-central Italy, their stylistic elements are representative of the internationalization of that pictorial language.
The two painters frescoed the
Abbey of San Lorenzo in Doliolo,
the Church of
San Domenico San Domenico may refer to:
Catholic saints
* Dominic de Guzmán (1170-1221), Spanish priest and founder of the Dominican Order
* San Domenico di Sora (951-1031), Italian abbot, patron saint of Villalago
Churches
* San Domenico, Arezzo (Basilica ...
, and the old Cathedral of Saint Maria della Pieve in San Severino.
Some of their paintings are displayed in the
Pinacoteca Civica Padre Pietro Tacchi Venturi in San Severino Marche, including the ''Mystical Marriage of St Catherine'' by Lorenzo alone in 1400.
Lorenzo and Jacopo painted frescoes of ''John the Baptist'' in
Urbino in 1416.
References
External links
Scarpellini, P.: Salimbeni, Lorenzo. Grove Art Online
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14th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
15th-century Italian painters
Gothic painters
People from the Province of Macerata
1374 births
1418 deaths