Pietro da Rimini (active 1315-1335) was an early 14th-century

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painter.

Biography

Pietro was born in

Rimini Rimini ( , ; rgn, Rémin; la, Ariminum) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy and capital city of the Province of Rimini. It sprawls along the Adriatic Sea, on the coast between the rivers Marecchia (the ancient ''Ariminu ...

and was a contemporary of the painters

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and Giuliano da Rimini. He worked mainly in member and the

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. Influenced by the style

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(who had stopped in Rimini in 1303), he was likely a member of his workshop, although this has not been confirmed. He was also influenced by the Sienese school, and in particular by

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. Works attributed to him, despite some remarkable differences in style, include a ''Deposition from the Cross'' at the

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the frescoes in the Basilica di San Nicola da Tolentino and in the refectory of the

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, as well as a 1333 fresco of ''St. Francis'' in the church of

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. Frescoes from a chapel in the former church of Santa Chiara in

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are now in display at the National Museum of Ravenna. He died perhaps after 1340.

Sources

External links

''Italian Paintings: North Italian School''
a collection catalog containing information about Rimini and his works (see index; plate 1). {{DEFAULTSORT:Rimini, Pietro Da 14th-century births Year of death unknown People from Rimini 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Trecento painters