|
Master of the Fogg Pietà [Master of Figline]
( fl first half of the 14th century). Italian painter. He derives his name from a predella panel of the Lamentation (Cambridge, MA, Fogg; see fig.), around which Offner grouped a series of works. He is also known as the Master of Figline after the large-scale Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels in the Collegiata at Figline Valdarno, just south of Florence. Opinion regarding his origins has ranged widely. He has been considered Roman, Emilian or Umbrian, or even Lombard, Burgundian or from Avignon. More specifically he has been identified with Giovanni di Bonino, a glass painter who worked at Assisi and Orvieto in the first half of the 14th century. There is a similar lack of agreement on the dates of his activity. Offner suggested that he was Florentine and active from c. 1320 onwards. Others saw 15th-century elements in his work and drew comparisons with Andrea del Castagno and Piero della Francesca.
Part of the Masters, anonymous, and monogrammists family
|
|
There are more than 45,000 articles in The Grove Dictionary of Art.
To access the rest of this article, including the bibliography, subscribe to
www.groveart.com.
To find out more about this subject, click on a related article below and
subscribe to www.groveart.com
|
