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Memmo di Filippuccio (active 1303-1345) was a 14th-century painter from
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
', (accessed 06-09-2012) Memmo was given a house and workshop in San Gimignano. Memmo di Filippucci had two sons who were painters,
Memmo di Filippuccio (active 1303-1345) was a 14th-century painter from Siena
Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.
The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centur ...
, Italy.
Biography
Memmo di Filippuccio is mentioned in the municipal records as painting several works at the Town Hall of San Gimignano in 1303.Rosella Vantaggi, ''San Gimignano, Town of Fine Towers'', Plurigraf (1979) The frescoed decorations are in the mayoral chamber and show scenes of everyday life. The best known of the frescos are two scenes of domestic bliss. The first shows a husband and wife taking a bath together in a large tub, surrounded by a striped screen and attended by a maid, The second scene shows the bedroom with the maid holding back the curtains to reveal the wife in bed while her husband pulls back the covers to climb in bedside her.Anne Mueller von der Hagen, Ruth Strasser, ''Art and Architecture of Tuscany'', Kőnemann, 2001, These frescos "are among the most frequently reproduced documents used to illustrates daily life.... of the early 14th century."UNESCO,Historic Centre of San Gimignano
', (accessed 06-09-2012) Memmo was given a house and workshop in San Gimignano. Memmo di Filippucci had two sons who were painters,
Lippo Memmi
Lippo Memmi (c. 1291 – 1356) was an Italian painter from Siena. He was the foremost follower of Simone Martini, who was his brother-in-law.
Together with Martini, in 1333 he painted what is regarded as one of the masterworks of the Intern ...
and Federico Memmi. His son-in-law was Simone Martini
Simone Martini ( – 1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena.
He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style.
It is thought that Martini was a pupil ...
, one of the most outstanding and influential painters of Siena. In 1317, Lippo di Memmi received a commission to paint a large Maesta in the main chamber of the Town Hall. It is thought that Memmo assisted his son with this work. Memmo may also have worked with Lippo Memmi on the fresco cycle of the New Testament in the Collegiate Church of San Gimignano, completed around 1345. These frescos have long been ascribed to "Barna of Siena" but are now believed to be the work of Lippo di Memmi and workshop.Gordon Moran, ''Silencing Scientists and Scholars in Other Fields'', Ablex Publishing Corporation, (1998) .'' pp.79-81
See also
* Collegiate Church of San Gimignano *Duccio
Duccio di Buoninsegna ( , ; – ) was an Italian painter active in Siena, Tuscany, in the late 13th and early 14th century. He was hired throughout his life to complete many important works in government and religious buildings around Italy. Ducc ...
*Cimabue
Cimabue (; ; – 1302), Translated with an introduction and notes by J.C. and P Bondanella. Oxford: Oxford University Press (Oxford World’s Classics), 1991, pp. 7–14. . also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, was an Italian painter ...
*Giotto
Giotto di Bondone (; – January 8, 1337), known mononymously as Giotto ( , ) and Latinised as Giottus, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence during the Late Middle Ages. He worked during the Gothic/ Proto-Renaissance period. G ...
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