Paolo Lazzarino, also called Paoluccio di Lazzarino (14th–century) was an Italian painter active in Tuscany. He was born to a painter Lazzarino di Luporo, who had been exiled from Lucca due to his

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leanings after the ascension of

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. The father of Paolo traveled to Siena and later Florence, where his son learned painting. Paolo painted for

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. In 1340, Paolo was inscribed as one of the foreigners practicing art in Florence. The last document note in 1351 he had returned to Lucca.

Cecco di Pietro Cecco di Pietro was an Italian painter of the Pisan School. While his date of birth cannot be confirmed, there is some mention of a Cecco Pierri working with the painter Paolo di Lazzarino in 1350. If this was a reference to di Pietro, then his ...

and Francesco Cristofori may have been one of his pupils.L'arte in Lucca studiata nella sua cattedrale
By Enrico Ridolfi, page 360.

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14th-century births 14th-century deaths 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Trecento painters Painters from Tuscany Painters from Lucca {{Italy-painter-14thC-stub