biography
pronunciation:
[mah(r)teenee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1284–1344)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Siena, C Italy. A pupil of Duccio, he was the most important artist of the 14th-c Sienese school, notable for his grace of line and exquisite colour. He worked in Assisi (1333–9), and at the papal court at Avignon (1339–44). His ‘Annunciation’ is in the Uffizi Gallery. |
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