Nardo di Cione (died c. 1366) was an Italian

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and

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. He was the brother of the more accomplished

Andrea di Cione Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – 25 August 1368), better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. He worked as a consultant at the Florence Cathedral and supervised the construction of the fa ...

, called Orcagna, as well as

Jacopo di Cione Jacopo di Cione (c. 1325 – c. 1399) was an Italian Gothic period painter in the Republic of Florence. Life and career Born in Florence between 1320 and 1330, he is closely associated with his three older brothers Andrea di Cione di Arcangel ...

; they were important members of the Painters Guild of

. While Orcagna has been noted as the more accomplished artist, Nardo developed his own unique style, described as "a pronounced lyrical vein, a feeling for poetic values, strong human sympathies and great sensitivity to colour as a means of subtle differentiation and soft modeling".

Life

The Di Cione brothers collaborated on a number of works from their studio together, including the decorations from the Cappella Strozzi in

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. While Orcagna painted the altarpiece, Nardo executed the frescoes of The ''Last Judgment'', ''Paradise'' and ''Hell''. Of Nardo's independently attributed works is his ''Crucifixion'', a central panel of a tabernacle. In the predella of the piece are depictions of Saints Jerome, James the Less, Saint Paul, James the Great and Saint Peter the Martyr. The work is of unknown origin, but was acquired from the Accademia in Florence and now in the

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. There is also Nardo's ''Standing Madonna with Child'', executed sometime in the 1350s. This piece has been noted of works created in Florence after the ravages of the bubonic plague of 1348, where religious art was commissioned in order to bring spiritual relief to the survivors. This ''Standing Madonna'' is very similar to the surviving work of Nardo’s smaller devotional pieces for the home, one of which is housed in the

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, ''Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and John the Evangelist.''">"Madonna and Child with Sts Peter and John the Evangelist", Kren and Marx, ''Web Gallery of Art'', 2007,
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