The Master of the Maddalena, Magdalen Master (and other variants) is an unnamed Florentine artist active in the second half of the 13th century. He is named after his best known work, '' Mary Magdalene with Eight Scenes from her Life''. According to

Miklos Boskovits Miklós Boskovits (1935 – 2011) was a Hungarian art historian who specialized in Italian renaissance art (and earlier). Boskovits was born in Budapest. He wrote the Italian art catalogs for the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin (written between 1977 a ...

, Grifo di Tancredi trained in this master's studio. He is not to be confused with the much later Netherlandish

Master of the Legend of the Magdalen The Master of the Legend of the Magdalen (sometimes called the Master of the Magdalen Legend) was an Early Netherlandish painter, active from about 1483 to around 1527. He has not been identified; his name of convenience is derived from a large, ...

. His other works include *''Triptych of the Madonna with Scenes from the Life of Christ'', c.1270, tempera and gold on panel, 40,6x56,6 cm,

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...

, New York *''St Luke'', c.1280-1285, tempera and gold on panel, 132x50 cm,

Galleria degli Uffizi The Uffizi Gallery (; it, Galleria degli Uffizi, italic=no, ) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums ...

, Florence *''Enthroned Madonna and Child'', c.1280-1290, San Fedele church,

Poppi Poppi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo. Poppi borders the following municipalities: Bibbiena, Castel Focognano, Castel San Ni ...

*''Fragment of a Madonna and Child'',

, New York *Designs for some of the mosaics of the Florence Baptistery

Bibliography

* Boskovits, Miklós, Labriola, Ada, & Tartuferi, Angelo, ''The Origins of Florentine Painting, 1100-1270'', Volume 1, 1993, Giunti
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*Mario Scalini (editor), ''L'arte a Firenze nell'età di Dante (1250-1300)'', Firenze, Giunti Editore, 2004.
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* * {{Authority control 13th-century Italian painters Maddalena