Lorenzo Monaco

Lorenzo Monaco
Giorgio Vasari, Public domain

(1370–1425) italiensk konstnär

Lorenzo Monaco (1370–1425) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Lorenzo Monaco belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Lorenzo Monaco was born in Siena and died in Florence. Lorenzo Monaco worked in Florence. The students included Fra Angelico and Rossello di Jacopo Franchi.

The best-known works include ‘Annunciation Triptych’, ‘Adoration of the Magi’, ‘Bartolini Salimbeni Annunciation’, and ‘Madonna of humility’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 58 works by Lorenzo Monaco with free images. The dated works span the years 1380–1500. Works by Lorenzo Monaco are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery, Département des peintures du Louvre, and Gemäldegalerie. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Hubert van Eyck, Pesello, Johan Maelwael, Gentile da Fabriano, and Jacobello del Fiore.