Pietro da Rimini (active 1315-1335) was an early 14th-century

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painter.

Biography

Pietro was born in

Rimini Rimini ( , ; or ; ) is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. Sprawling along the Adriatic Sea, Rimini is situated at a strategically-important north-south passage along the coast at the southern tip of the Po Valley. It is ...

and was a contemporary of the painters

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and Giuliano da Rimini. He worked mainly in member and the

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. Influenced by the style

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(who had stopped in Rimini in 1303), he was likely a member of his workshop, although this has not been confirmed. He was also influenced by the Sienese school, and in particular by

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. Works attributed to him, despite some remarkable differences in style, include a ''Deposition from the Cross'' at the

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the frescoes in the Basilica di San Nicola da Tolentino and in the refectory of the

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, as well as a 1333 fresco of ''St. Francis'' in the church of

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. Frescoes from a chapel in the former church of Santa Chiara in

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are now in display at the National Museum of Ravenna. He died perhaps after 1340.

Sources

External links

''Italian Paintings: North Italian School''
a collection catalog containing information about Rimini and his works (see index; plate 1). {{DEFAULTSORT:Rimini, Pietro Da 14th-century births Year of death unknown People from Rimini 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Trecento painters