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- Sienese school. Nicola was born in Siena, but was documented in

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by 1442, at work in the choir of Sant’ Agostino with a group of painters, including Bartolommeo di Tommaso from Foligno;

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from Germany;

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of Ragusa; and

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. He also painted for the Abbey of Sant’Eutizio in

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. He died after 1472. Among his masterworks, is a series of frescoes depicting the ''Passion of Christ'', painted for the church of

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in Cascia, Umbria. He also painted a ''Deposition'' for the Collegiata of Santa Maria in Cascia. He is known to have collaborated with

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, Andrea Delitio, Luca Alemanno, and

to fresco the tribune of the church of Sant'Agostino in

. A polyptych depicting ''Saints Placido, Benedict, Spes, and Fiorenzo'' from the Abbey of Sant'Eutizio, attributed to Nicola, is now on display in the Museo Nazionale of

. A painting depicting ''St Ginesio protecting his town during a battle against the Fermani'', now on display in the Pinacoteca Civica of San Gentili in

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