Stefanone (active c. 1350 – c. 1390) was an Italian painter of the

Trecento The Trecento (, also , ; short for , "1300") refers to the 14th century in Italian cultural history. Period Art Commonly, the Trecento is considered to be the beginning of the Renaissance in art history. Painters of the Trecento included Giot ...

, active in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adm ...

Biography

We have few details of Stefanone but for what is said of him by

Bernardo de' Dominici Bernardo de' Dominici or Bernardo De Dominici (13 December 1683 – c. 1759) was an Italian art historian and painter of the late-Baroque period, active mainly in Naples. As a painter he was known for his landscapes, marine vedute and genre scene ...

in his biography of Neapolitan painters. He is believed to have trained along with Gennaro di Cola under

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 ...

. He painted a ''San Lodovico vescovo di Tolosa'', begun by Simone.Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori
volume 3, by Stefano Ticozzi, page 369.

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14th-century births 1390s deaths 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Trecento painters Painters from Naples {{Italy-painter-14thC-stub