Sano di Pietro
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Sano di Pietro was an early Italian Renaissance
painter and miniaturist from Siena
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No works by Sano are known before 1443; he apprenticed under Sassetta and Giovanni di Paolo
Sano di Pietro's paintings are housed in the National Gallery and the Cathedral Museum of Siena, the Pinacoteca Vaticana, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Lindenau-Museum
of Altenburg
and the Diocesan Museum of Pienza
.
Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance began the opening phase of the Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement in Europe that spanned the period from the end of the 13th century to about 1600, marking the transition between Medieval and Early Modern Europe...
painter and miniaturist from Siena
Siena
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...
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No works by Sano are known before 1443; he apprenticed under Sassetta and Giovanni di Paolo
Giovanni di Paolo
Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia was an Italian painter, working primarily in Siena. He may have apprenticed with Taddeo di Bartolo, becoming a prolific painter and illustrator of manuscripts, including Dante's texts....
Sano di Pietro's paintings are housed in the National Gallery and the Cathedral Museum of Siena, the Pinacoteca Vaticana, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Lindenau-Museum
Lindenau-Museum
The Lindenau-Museum is an art museum in Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany.The museum originated as the house-museum of baron and collector Bernhard August von Lindenau. The building was completed in 1876....
of Altenburg
Altenburg
Altenburg is a town in the German federal state of Thuringia, 45 km south of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district.-Geography:...
and the Diocesan Museum of Pienza
Pienza
Pienza, a town and comune in the province of Siena, in the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany , between the towns of Montepulciano and Montalcino, is the "touchstone of Renaissance urbanism."...
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Selected works
- The Nativity (ca. 1445) - Panel Pinacoteca, Vatican http://www.backtoclassics.com/gallery/sanodipietro/thenativity/
- Madonna of Humility (1440-1442) - Tempera and gold on panel Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York http://www.backtoclassics.com/gallery/sanodipietro/madonnaofhumility/
- Flight to Egypt (ca. 1445) - Panel Pinacoteca, Vatican http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/s/sano/panel1.html
- PredellaPredellaA predella is the platform or step on which an altar stands . In painting, the predella is the painting or sculpture along the frame at the bottom of an altarpiece...
of an altarpiece in five parts:
- Birth of the Virgin (1448-52) - Tempera on wood, University of Michigan Museum of ArtUniversity of Michigan Museum of ArtThe University of Michigan Museum of Art, or UMMA in Ann Arbor, Michigan with is one of the largest university art museums in the USA. Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university's fallen alumni from the Civil War, Alumni Memorial Hall originally housed U-M's Alumni office along with the...
, Ann Arbor http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/s/sano/predel1.html
- Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple (1448-52) - Tempera on wood, 32 x 46 cm. Pinacoteca, Vatican http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/s/sano/predel2.html
- Return of the Virgin (1448-52) - Tempera on wood, 30 x 46 cm. Lindenau-MuseumLindenau-MuseumThe Lindenau-Museum is an art museum in Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany.The museum originated as the house-museum of baron and collector Bernhard August von Lindenau. The building was completed in 1876....
, Altenburg http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/s/sano/predel3.html
- Marriage of the Virgin (1448-52) - Tempera on wood, 32 x 46 cm. Pinacoteca, Vatican http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/s/sano/predel4.html
- Assumption of the Virgin (1448-52) - Tempera on wood, 32 x 47 cm. Lindenau-MuseumLindenau-MuseumThe Lindenau-Museum is an art museum in Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany.The museum originated as the house-museum of baron and collector Bernhard August von Lindenau. The building was completed in 1876....
, Altenburg http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/s/sano/predel5.html
- Beheading of St John the Babtist - Tempera on wood, 24 x 34 cm. Pushkin MuseumPushkin MuseumThe Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is the largest museum of European art in Moscow, located in Volkhonka street, just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour....
, Moscow http://www.lib-art.com/artgallery/3996-beheading-of-st-john-the-baptist-sano-di-pietro.html
- St Jerome (ca. 1470) - Tempera on panel 95 x 51 cm. Museum of Fine ArtsMuseum of Fine ArtsThe Museum of Fine Arts may refer to:* Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States** Museum of Fine Arts , which is near the museum* Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States...
, Boston http://www.backtoclassics.com/gallery/sanodipietro/stjerome/ - "Madonna And Child"-tempera on wood(Detroit Institute of Art)Detroit