Artist

(active 1350-1380 in Tuscany)

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Italian painter. The Master takes his name from a Coronation of the Virgin in the Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford. A catalogue of his oeuvre was first proposed by Offner, subsequently enlarged by Federico Zeri and further expanded by Boskovits. A triptych inscribed on the frame by the artist and dated 1373 was formerly at the Musée de la Bénédictine in Fécamp. It was the only known dated work. Boskovits lists the Master as a satellite of Orcagna (Andrea di Cione), and suggests that he may well have collaborated with him on occasions. Whoever is concealed behind this master, it is clear that he was oriented towards the late work of the artistic elite in his period. His work testifies to clear knowledge of the painterly tendencies around the late Bernardo Daddi and his associate Puccio di Simone; likewise can be felt certain characteristics of the depiction of the complexion, as can be seen in new fineness of the work by the emerging Giovanni da Milano and the so-called Giottino. //

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Category	Artists
Artists by letter	M
Artist nationality	Italian