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Masolino da Panicale

Masolino da Panicale (also known as Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini) (c.1383-1447) was an Italian painter. His best known works are probably his collaborations with Masaccio: The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (1424) and the frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel (1424-28).

His works include:

  • Madonna and Child (http://www.kunsthalle-bremen.de/kunsthalle_inhalt/sammlung/galerie/source/35) (1423)
  • The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (http://musa.uffizi.firenze.it/Dipinti/masmadE7) (1424) painted for the church of Sant'Ambrogio in Florence
  • Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Matthias (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG5963) (c.1425), part of a double-sided triptych in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
  • An altarpiece depicting The Annunciation (http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pinfo?Object=24+0+none) (1425/1430) for the Guardini chapel in the church of San Niccolò Oltrarno, Florence

Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Masolino in his Lives.



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