Jacopo di Cione - Madonna and Child with Saints, 1391

Jacopo di Cione (c. 1325 – c. 1399) was an

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period painter in the

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Life and career

Born in

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between 1320 and 1330, he is closely associated with his three older brothers Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (called

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and Matteo di Cione. The di Cione (pronounced dee choh’ nay) brothers often worked collaboratively. Jacopo lived in the popolo Sancte Marie Novelle and, later in life, in the popolo Sancti Laurentii. In 1366–68 Jacopo worked on a large chamber in the guildhall of the judges and notaries, Florence (a surviving altarpiece with Crucifixion is in the

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). After Andrea's death in 1368 Jacopo took over some of his brother's commissions, for example guaranteeing to complete a painting of the Virgin and assuming responsibility for the altarpiece of St Matthew, both for the

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, Florence. He enrolled in the Arte dei Medici e Speziali in 1369, and was one of the consuls of the

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in 1384, 1387 and 1392. Jacopo also worked regularly with the painter

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. In 1370–71 they produced the polyptych for the high altar of the church of

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. Niccolò was paid for the overall design, while Jacopo seems to have been responsible for the narratives. The altarpiece is one of the largest commissioned in fourteenth-century Florence, and was probably commissioned by the

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family. The twelve main panels of the altarpiece are in the

, but the predella showing scenes from the life of Saint Peter has been dispersed. The two painters again collaborated in 1372–73 on the large panel of the Coronation of the Virgin commissioned by the mint of Florence, and in 1386 they received the commission for a fresco of the Annunciation for the council chamber in the Palazzo dei Priori, Volterra. Between 1378 and 1380 Jacopo worked in the

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– he is recorded as Matteo guarantor – and continued to procure marble for the cathedral workshop after his brother's death. Later Jacopo probably also executed gilding decoration for twelve marble statues for the jamb of the main porch, and completed other work in the cathedral. In 1382 and 1385 Jacopo is recorded working at the Loggia dei Priori, Florence, and in 1386 he provided four panel paintings to the

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office of the merchant

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from

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. In 1391 Jacopo painted the altar for the Church of San Lorenzo in Florence (now in the

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). He died in Florence, after 2 May 1398 and before 1400.

Claims for restitution

In 2020 di Cione's ''Madonna Nursing the Christ Child with Saints Lawrence and Margaret'' was the object of a settlement between the estate of Hester Diamond and heir of August Liebmann Mayer, a German Jewish art historian and curator who was killed at

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in 1944.

Gallery

Image:Jacopo di Cione, Saint Peter Enthroned Between Saint Paul and the Faithful.jpg, ''St. Peter Enthroned Between St. Paul and the Faithful'',

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on wood panel painting by Jacopo di Cione, 1370–1, the

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Andrea Orcagna Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – 25 August 1368), better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. He worked as a consultant at the Florence Cathedral and supervised the construction of the fa ...

and Jacopo di Cione, c. 1317,

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(Washington DC) File:Annunciazione, jacopo di cione, prato, chiesa di santo spirito.jpg, ''The Annunciation'' by Jacopo di Cione File:Opera del duomo (FI), Jacopo di Cione, San Zanobi e una devota.JPG, ''San Zanobi e una devota'' by Jacopo di Cione File:San Donato a Chiesanuova 1.jpg, ''San Casciano in Val di Pesa'' by

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and Jacopo di Cione File:Annunciazione jacopoo dicione.jpg, ''The Annunciation'' by Jacopo di Cione, with upside down lettering File:Apostle_Peter_Released_from_Prison,_Jacopo_di_Cione,_1370-1371_(Philadelphia_Museum_of_Art).jpg, ''Apostle Peter Released from Prison'', Jacopo di Cione, 1370-1371 (

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References

* White, John. ''Art & Architecture in Italy 1250–1400''. 2nd ed. Harmondsworth UK; Baltimore MD: Viking Penguin, 1987, p. 370 * (see index; plate 29)

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jacopo di Cione Gothic painters Trecento painters Painters from Florence 14th-century people of the Republic of Florence 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Sibling artists 1320s births 1390s deaths Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown