Cola Petruccioli (1360–1401) was an Italian painter from

Orvieto Orvieto () is a city and ''comune'' in the Province of Terni, southwestern Umbria, Italy, situated on the flat summit of a large butte of volcanic tuff. The city rises dramatically above the almost-vertical faces of tuff cliffs that are compl ...

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, known as an apprentice to Ugolino di Prete Ilaro, active in the period around 1400 and contemporary of the Sienese School. His works are seen in the Cathedral of

Assisi Assisi (, also ; ; from ; Central Italian: ''Ascesi'') is a town and comune of Italy in the Province of Perugia in the Umbria region, on the western flank of Monte Subasio. It is generally regarded as the birthplace of the Latin poet Prope ...

, as well as in the ''Capella de Corporale'' in

. In

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he painted frescoes of

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in the Franciscan Hermitage, ''Convento di Santa Maria a Belverde''. These are shown in Enzo Carli's ''Gli Affreschi di Belverde.'' (Edam,

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, 1977). He painted a

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the contains an ''Annuciation'' and a ''Crucifixion'' (1395), displayed in the Pinacoteca Civica of the town of

Spello Spello (in Antiquity: Hispellum) is an ancient town and ''comune'' (township) of Italy, in the province of Perugia in eastern-central Umbria, on the lower southern flank of Monte Subasio. It is 6 km (4 mi) NNW of Foligno and 10 k ...

.Spello (4a parte di 6)
Bill Thayer webpages (University of Chicago website). He died in

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Altar piece by Petruccioli
on display in

Pisa Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for the Leaning Tow ...

.
Fresco of St. Claudius
from

, 1393. The figure in the fresco has a

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; this is presumably Saint Claudius of the Four Crowned Martyrs, who is associated with stonemasonry. {{DEFAULTSORT:Petruccioli, Cola 1360 births 1401 deaths People from Orvieto 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 15th-century Italian painters Umbrian painters Fresco painters