Allegretto Nuzi
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Allegretto Nuzi or ''Allegretto di Nuzio'' (1315–1373) was an Italian painter, active in a Gothic style mainly around Fabriano, in the
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Biography

Nuzi was probably trained in
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by local masters, including the so-called '' Master of Campodonico''. Documents verify his presence in Florence in 1346, where he would have encountered works by Giotto and his followers.Fabriano storica
website. His style has been characterized as Giottesque and Sienese. Nuzi primarily worked under commissions for churches, producing religious-themed works. In Fabriano, his masterwork are the frescoes in the Chapel of Sant’Orsola in the church of Santa Lucia. He also painted some wooden statues now in the Pinacoteca Civica di Bruno Molajoli in Fabriano.


Further reading

* (see index; plate 28) *Procacci, Ugo. “Il primo ricordo di Giovanni da Milano a Firenze.” Arte Antica e Moderna 13-16 (1961): 49–66. *White, John, Art and Architecture in Italy 1250-1400 (London: Yale University Press, 1993), 579.


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14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 1315 births 1373 deaths People from Fabriano Gothic painters {{Italy-painter-14thC-stub