Tommaso del Mazza

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Tommaso del Mazza, also known as the Master of Santa Verdiana, (active 1377 - 1392) was an Italian painter.

Coronation of the Virgin (1380-1395), Museum of the Louvre

Biography[]

He trained in Florence, initially in the studio of Andrea Orcagna, but later with his brother Jacopo di Cione. He painted in typical Gothic art style, with gilded backgrounds.[1]

Among his known works are:

  • Annunciation at the Getty Museum in California, likely originating from the Piccolomini Chapel at the Church of San Francesco, Pienza.[2]
  • Madonna and Child with Six Saints (1390) at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia.[3]
  • Series of Panels with Passion and Life & Coronation of Virgin Scenes (1365-1375) putatively from the Oratory of the Confraternity of Jesus and the Cross in Florence (Confraternita di Gesu e della Croce)[4]
  • Coronation of the Virgin (1380-1390) at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France
  • The Virgin and Child with Saints and Donors (ca. 1400), National Gallery of Ireland, in Dublin, Ireland

References[]

  1. ^ Getty Museum, artist biographies.
  2. ^ Getty Museum, Annunciation entry.
  3. ^ High Museum of Art, European Art Collection.
  4. ^ Una tavoletta inedita di Tommaso del Mazza proveniente dall'Etruria Pittrice del Marchese Alfonso Tacoli-Canacci, Vincenzo Buonocore, Arte Cristiana, November 2002 article.
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