Lorenzo Salimbeni
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Lorenzo Salimbeni (
San Severino Marche San Severino Marche is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about southwest of Macerata. History From prehistory to Roman age The oldest remains of human pre ...
1374-c1418) and Jacopo Salimbeni (c.1370/80-after 1426) were Italian painters. They were brothers whose work spanned both a relatively narrow geographical area and time period, from the triptych painting of the altarpiece of the ''Mystical Marriage of St Catherine'' by Lorenzo alone in 1400 (Pinacoteca Civica, San Severino) to the frescoes of the ''Crucifixion'' and ''Scenes from the Life of St John the Baptist'' in the
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, in 1416. The majority of their work is to be found in churches in and around their home town,
San Severino Marche San Severino Marche is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about southwest of Ancona and about southwest of Macerata. History From prehistory to Roman age The oldest remains of human pre ...
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Life

Jacopo served as a Councillor of the Commune in San Severino Marche.https://www.italianartsociety.org/2018/10/lorenzo-salimbeni-died-before-october-8th-1420/


Works

Some works are signed by Lorenzo alone; none are undoubtedly ascribable to Jacopo alone. In spite of their production was limited to few provinces of east-central Italy, their stylistic elements are representative of the internationalization of that pictorial language. The two painters frescoed the Abbey of San Lorenzo in Doliolo, the Church of San Domenico, and the old Cathedral of Saint Maria della Pieve in San Severino. Some of their paintings are displayed in the
Pinacoteca Civica Padre Pietro Tacchi Venturi The Pinacoteca Civica Padre Pietro Tacchi Venturi is the civic art gallery of the town of San Severino Marche, region of Marche, Italy. Located at Via Salimbeni 39, it mainly displays sacred paintings from prior centuries. Structure The art galle ...
in San Severino Marche, including the ''Mystical Marriage of St Catherine'' by Lorenzo alone in 1400. Lorenzo and Jacopo painted frescoes of ''John the Baptist'' in
Urbino Urbino ( ; ; Romagnol: ''Urbìn'') is a walled city in the Marche region of Italy, south-west of Pesaro, a World Heritage Site notable for a remarkable historical legacy of independent Renaissance culture, especially under the patronage of ...
in 1416.


References


External links


Scarpellini, P.: Salimbeni, Lorenzo. Grove Art Online
{{DEFAULTSORT:Salimbeni, Lorenzo 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 15th-century Italian painters Gothic painters People from the Province of Macerata 1374 births 1418 deaths