Nicolò da Voltri was an Italian painter who was active in
Genoa
Genoa ( ; ; ) is a city in and the capital of the Italian region of Liguria, and the sixth-largest city in Italy. As of 2025, 563,947 people live within the city's administrative limits. While its metropolitan city has 818,651 inhabitan ...
from 1394 to 1417. He was the most important native painter in
Liguria
Liguria (; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is roughly coextensive with ...
, a coastal region of northwestern Italy. His early development took place, probably in the 1370s, in the circle of
Barnaba da Modena, who was active in Liguria between 1361 and 1383. Da Voltri was influenced by the
Sienese School painter Taddeo di Bartolo, who was in Liguria between 1393 and 1398. Da Voltri's later paintings show clear influence of the
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 ...
n painters working in Liguria between 1410 and 1420.
External links
* ''Dizionario enciclopedico Bolaffi dei pittori e degli incisori italiani dall'XI al XX secolo'', Turin, Giulio Bolaffi, 1972–1976.
* Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart'', Leipzig, E.A. Seemann, 1907.
14th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
15th-century Italian painters
Painters from Genoa
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown
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