Niccolò di Segna (died around 1348) was an Italian painter from

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...

. His activity is documented starting from 1331. Influenced by

Duccio di Buoninsegna Duccio di Buoninsegna ( , ; – ) was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government and religious buildings around Italy. Ducc ...

and

Simone Martini Simone Martini ( – 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. It is thought that Martini was a pupil ...

, he was an exponent of the Sienese School. He collaborated with

Pietro Lorenzetti Pietro Lorenzetti (; – 1348) or Pietro Laurati was an Italian painter, active between c. 1306 and 1345. Together with his younger brother Ambrogio, he introduced naturalism into Sienese art. In their artistry and experiments with three-dimens ...

to the frescoes in

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and painted. Other works by him can be found in the Pinacoteca Nazionale at Siena (''Madonna della Misericordia'', ''Madonna with Child'', ''St. Michael Archangel'' and others), in the Cathedral of Sansepolcro (''Resurrection Polyptych'', at the high altar), the Diocesan Museum of

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and other collections in Italy and abroad.

Sources

* "Saint Lucy"by Niccolo di Segna,Walters Art Museum,Baltimore

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Segna, Niccolo di Date of birth unknown 1340s deaths 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Siena Fresco painters