Fra Paolo da Pistoia
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Fra Paolo da Pistoia was an Italian
Italy
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 painter of the Renaissance
Renaissance
The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

 period, active in Tuscany
Tuscany
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. He was a pupil of the painter Fra Bernardino Signoracci. He was a Dominican
Dominican Order
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 monk who painted in a style similar to Fra Bartolomeo.

He painted religious paintings, and was mentioned by Vasari in his Vite. One of his works can be found in the church of San Paolo di Pistoia.
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