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from 1394 to 1417. He was the most important native painter in

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, a coastal region of northwestern Italy. His early development took place, probably in the 1370s, in the circle of

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, who was active in Liguria between 1361 and 1383. Da Voltri was influenced by the Sienese School painter

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, who was in Liguria between 1393 and 1398. Da Voltri's later paintings show clear influence of the

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n painters working in Liguria between 1410 and 1420.

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* ''Dizionario enciclopedico Bolaffi dei pittori e degli incisori italiani dall'XI al XX secolo'', Turin, Giulio Bolaffi, 1972–1976. * Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Leipzig, E.A. Seemann, 1907. 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 15th-century Italian painters Painters from Genoa Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub