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Niccolò di Buonaccorso, also Niccolò di Niccolò di Buonaccorso or Bonaccorso, (active 1355 – 1388) was an Italian painter and one of the most prominent
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art The artist was also briefly involved in local politics.H. B. J. Maginnis. "Niccolò di Buonaccorso." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 12 July 2016
Niccolò di Buonaccorso, also Niccolò di Niccolò di Buonaccorso or Bonaccorso, (active 1355 – 1388) was an Italian painter and one of the most prominent Sienese
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
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painters of the 14th century. The small body of his work that survives shows the artist's highly refined miniaturist technique.Niccolò di Buonaccorso, ''The Coronation of the Virgin''at the Metropolitan Museum of Art The artist was also briefly involved in local politics.H. B. J. Maginnis. "Niccolò di Buonaccorso." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 12 July 2016
Life
Very little is known about this painter. It is believed his father was the painter Buonaccorso di Pace (fl c. 1348–c. 1362). In 1355 Niccolò di Buonaccorso enrolled in the Guild of Sienese painters. In May and June 1372 and in March and April 1376 the artist served in the government of Siena. In 1381 he was elected honorary Gonfaloniere in the parish of San Martino. Niccolò di Buonaccorso was commissioned to paint thecapello Capello is a surname of Italian origin that may refer to:
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over the high altar of Siena Cathedral in 1376 and a panel of the prophet Daniel for an altar in the Cathedral in 1383.
Work
Only two signed works by the artist are known. One of these is ''The Marriage of the Virgin'' ( National Gallery), which is one of a series of panels, perhaps a triptych. The other is a polyptych (now fragmented), which is dated 1387. The artist's style is close to that of the Sienese masters of the Trecento, such as
Jacopo di Mino del Pellicciaio
Jacopo di Mino del Pellicciaio (14th century) was an Italian painter, active in Siena.
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whom he resembles in his capacity to represent space through illusionistic
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techniques.Carla Attanasio, ''Altarolo con lo sposalizio mistico di S.Caterina con i SS. Giovanni Battista e Giacomo, e la Crocifissione, NICCOLÒ DI BUONACCORSO (SIENA, doc. dal 1356 al 1388)'' in: Fabrizio Ludovico Porcaroli, 'S.O.S. Arte dall'Abruzzo, una mostra per non dimenticare - Castel Sant'Angelo Roma', 2010, p. 172 Other influences are Ambrogio Lorenzetti and Pietro Lorenzetti and the traditions of Simone Martini.
The artist demonstrates a sharp style and an exceptionally refined technical ability. His work shows a certain repetitiveness in the figures.
References
Further reading
* Miklòs Boskovitz, Su Niccolò di Bonaccorso, Benedetto di Bindo and Sienese painting in the early fifteenth century, Comparison, 1980. * Pia Palladino, Art and devotion to Siena after 1350: Luca di Tommè, Nicolò di Buonaccorso, Timken Museum of Art, 1998. * Juliet Dini, Five Centuries of Sienese painting (from Duccio to the Birth of the Baroque), Thames & Hudson, 1998. * (see index; plate 14-15)External links
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