Pietro di giovanni lianori, madonna col bambino e santi, 1440

Pietro di Giovanni Lianori (active 1412–1453) was an

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painter, active in

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Biography

Little is known of his biography. He signed one of his works ''Petrus Joanis''. Among his works is the canvas with an ''Enthroned Madonna and Saints Catherine and John the Evangelist'' (1412) for the church of San Pietro in Fiesso, in the town of

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. His style is allied to the

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demonstrated by

Lippo di Dalmasio Filippo Scannabecchi (1352 – c. 1410), known as Lippo di Dalmasio, was an Italian painter from Bologna, a son of Dalmasio Scannabecchi. Biography His father was Dalmasio Scannabecchi (sometimes referred to as ''pseudo-Dalmasio''), a Bologne ...

and

Jacopo di Paolo Jacopo di Paolo (1345 approx. - 1430 approx.) was an Italian painter and miniaturist active in Bologna in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Biography Jacopo di Paolo at the beginning of his career was active at Mezzaratta Church, where h ...

. Another attributed work is a fresco of the ''Madonna in Glory with Four Saints'' for the bell-tower of the church of San Francesco; a ''Madonna with Angels'' for the

Certosa of Bologna The Certosa di Bologna is a former Carthusian monastery (or charterhouse) in Bologna, northern Italy, which was founded in 1334 and suppressed in 1797. In 1801 it became the city's Monumental Cemetery which would be much praised by Byron and other ...

; and a ''Madonna and Child'' for the Foscarari chapel in the church of

San Petronio The Basilica of San Petronio is a minor basilica and church of the Archdiocese of Bologna located in Bologna, Emilia Romagna, northern Italy. It dominates Piazza Maggiore. The basilica is dedicated to the patron saint of the city, Saint Petronius ...

. Pietro Lianori also painted a

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depicting an ''Enthroned Madonna and Child hild, crowned by angels and accompanied by Saints Jerome and Petronio'' with a superior frieze depicting ''Annunciation to the Virgin with Saints Stephen, Dominic, Francis, and Augustine'' (1453), now in the

Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna The National Art Gallery of Bologna (''Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna'') is a museum in Bologna, Italy. It is located in the former Saint Ignatius Jesuit novitiate of the city's University district, and inside the same building that houses the ...

. The painting was once the main altarpiece in the Sacristy of the church of San Girolamo di Miramonte.Augustinian art website.
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