biography
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Sassetta
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originally Stefano do Giovanni
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (?–c.1450)
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| biography:
| Painter, probably born in Siena, C Italy. Though trained in the late 14th-c Sienese manner, he was receptive to the diverse contemporary developments of both the International Gothic style and the Florentine Early Renaissance. These influences he blended into a unique, highly inventive style, full of narrative interest. His finest work was the altarpiece of St Francis (1437–44), painted for S Francesco, Borgo San Sepolcro, but now dispersed. Some of the finest predella panels are in the National Gallery in London. |
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