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Francesco d'Antonio or d'Antonio di Bartolomeo (born 1393, active until 1452) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

painter of the

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, mainly active in

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. He is likely the same ''Francesco Fiorentino'' that

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ideol ...

in his biographies states was a follower of

Lorenzo Monaco Lorenzo Monaco (1370 – 1425) was a Sienese painter and miniaturist of the late Gothic to early Renaissance age, active principally in Florence. He was born Piero di Giovanni. Little is known about his youth, apart from the fact that he was ...

. In 1429 Francesco joined the painters' guild in Florence. A triptych signed (circa 1415 - 1418) attributed to Francesco is found in the

Fitzwilliam Museum The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities University museum, museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 under the will of Richard ...

, Cambridge. A painted depiction of the ''Virgin and Child with Six Angels and Two Cherubim'' (about 1440–50) on a gilded background found at the

National Gallery, London The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current dire ...

. A panel titled ''Madonna and Child with Swallow'' (about 1420–25) attributed to the artist is found in the collection of the Denver Art Museum.

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1393 births 1450s deaths 15th-century Italian painters Painters from Florence Quattrocento painters Italian male painters Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub