The Master of the Maddalena, Magdalen Master (and other variants) is an unnamed Florentine artist active in the second half of the 13th century. He is named after his best known work, '' Mary Magdalene with Eight Scenes from her Life''. According to Miklos Boskovits,

Grifo di Tancredi Grifo di Tancredi (active 1271 - 1312) was an Italian painter who was likely born in Florence. Little biographical history is known for this painter, and one existing work, a triptych at the National Gallery of Scotland, has been attributed to h ...

trained in this master's studio. He is not to be confused with the much later Netherlandish

Master of the Legend of the Magdalen The Master of the Legend of the Magdalen (sometimes called the Master of the Magdalen Legend) was an Early Netherlandish painter active from circa 1483 to 1527. He has not been identified. His Notname (name of convenience) was coined by the art h ...

. His other works include *''Triptych of the Madonna with Scenes from the Life of Christ'', c.1270, tempera and gold on panel, 40,6x56,6 cm,

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an Encyclopedic museum, encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the List of largest museums, third-largest museum in the world and the List of larg ...

, New York *''St Luke'', c.1280-1285, tempera and gold on panel, 132x50 cm,

Galleria degli Uffizi The Uffizi Gallery ( ; , ) is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of th ...

, Florence *''Enthroned Madonna and Child'', c.1280-1290, San Fedele church,

Poppi Poppi () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about east of Florence and about northwest of Arezzo. Poppi borders the following municipalities: Bibbiena, Castel Focognano, Castel San N ...

*''Fragment of a Madonna and Child'',

, New York *Designs for some of the mosaics of the Florence Baptistery

Bibliography

* Boskovits, Miklós, Labriola, Ada, & Tartuferi, Angelo, ''The Origins of Florentine Painting, 1100-1270'', Volume 1, 1993, Giunti
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*Mario Scalini (editor), ''L'arte a Firenze nell'età di Dante (1250-1300)'', Firenze, Giunti Editore, 2004.
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* * {{Authority control 13th-century Italian painters Maddalena Year of birth unknown