Lorenzo Monaco

Born: c. 1370, Siena, Republic of Siena Died: c. 1425, Florence

Born Piero di Giovanni. Sienese painter and miniaturist of the late Gothic to early Renaissance age, active principally in Florence. Considered the last important exponent of the Giotto style before the Renaissance revolution of Fra Angelico and Masaccio.

Artworks

Coronation of the Virgin

Tempera on panel 1414

A masterpiece of the International Gothic style. Originally in the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli.

Coronation of the Virgin