Meo di Pero, also called Meo di Piero (active 1356–1407) was an Italian painter active in

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in a

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style. He worked in the studio of

Cristoforo di Bindoccio Cristoforo di Bindoccio, also called Cristoforo del Maestro Bindoccio or Cristofano Malabarba, (active 1360 - 1409) was an Italian painter active in Siena and Pienza. He worked with Francesco di Vannuccio and Meo di Piero. There is an altarpiece ...

. All the latter paintings are generally co-attributed to Meo, since no independent work is known. He is stated to be the son of the painter pittore Pero o Piero di Castellano da Gerfalco, documented as part of a guild by 1363, but dead by 1370. Meo is registered in the Sienese guild of painters in either 1356 or 1389. With Cristoforo he signed now fragmentary frescoes in the cappella delle Reliquie of Santa Maria della Scala (1370). The also painted frescoes depicting the ''Life of the Virgin'' for the church of Santa Maria a Campagnatico near Grossetano. They putatively painted frescoes depicting ''Life of St Francis'' for the apse chapel of San Francesco in

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. They labored together for the

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. They painted frescoes (between 1382 and 1398) depicting scenes from the Bible in the refectory of San Pietro alla Magione. In 1393, they were paid, along with

Bartolo di Fredi Bartolo di Fredi (c. 1330 – 26 January 1410), also called Bartolo Battiloro, was an Italian painter, born in Siena, classified as a member of the Sienese School. Biography He had a large studio and was one of the most influential painters wor ...

, for the restoration of the Mappamondo by

Ambrogio Lorenzetti Ambrogio Lorenzetti (; – after 9 August 1348) was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active from approximately 1317 to 1348. He painted ''The Allegory of Good and Bad Government'' in the Sala dei Nove (Salon of Nine or Council Ro ...

in the palazzo pubblico of Siena. The frescoes depicting the Life of Christ in the Pieve of San Polo in Rosso are attributed to Cristoforo and Pero. There is an altarpiece (circa 1370) attributed the Crostoforo and Meo di Piero at the

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. A ''Madonna and Child'' attributed to the pair was auctioned at the Palais Dorotheum. Frescoes in the Sala di Aristotele of the Museo Civico Archeologico e d'Arte Sacra at Palazzo Corboli of

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are attributed to the couple. Similar or overlapping names for artists abound in central Italy. It is not clear if any are related. A ''Pietro di Maestro Meo'' was an illuminator in

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. In 1417, a ''Pietro di Meo'', jeweler, was active in decoration of the

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Ugolino di Prete Ilario Ugolino di Prete Ilario was an Italian painter mosaicist. He was born in Siena, and executed some of the frescoes (1364) in the chapel of the ''Holy Corporal'' in the Orvieto Cathedral. In 1378 he was employed with other artists on the decoration ...

completed the frescoes for the Cappella del Corporale (1357–1364) with the assistance of a Domenico di Meo, as well as with Petrucciolo di Marco, Antonio di Andreuccio and Pietro di Puccio.Key To Umbria
biography of Ugolino di Prete Ilario.

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