Central Italian Painters

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Cavallini

Pietro Cavallini was the leading painter in late medieval Rome.

Duccio

Duccio di Buoninsegna was the first great Sienese painter, and

Simone Martini

Simone Martini was arguably the greatest of the early Sienese

Pietro Lorenzetti

Brother of Ambrogio. A joint inscription of 1335 once recorded

Ambrogio Lorenzetti

With Simone Martini, Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti were the most

Gentile da Fabriano

His name was Gentile di Niccolò di Massio. His native

Sassetta

Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, usually called Sassetta, although there

Piero della Francesca

Piero della Francesca (also called Piero dei Franceschi and Petri

Melozzo da Forlì

Melozzo degli Ambrosi, born at Forlì in the Romagna, not

Pintoricchio

Bernardino di Benedetto (Betto or Betti), called Il Pintoricchio or

Perugino

Pietro Vannucci, called Il Perugino (‘the Perugian’). His family was from Castel

Signorelli

Luca Signorelli (his full name was Luca d’Egidio di Luca

Raphael

Raffaello Santi was born on 28 March or 6 April

Beccafumi

Domenico di Giacomo di Pace, called Mecherino/Mecarino or Beccafumi, was

Perino del Vaga

His name was Pietro Buonaccorsi and he was allegedly called

Giulio Romano

Giulio Pippi, called Giulio Romano, was the only major Renaissance

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