Puccio di Simone (

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1346–1358) was an Italian Gothic painter, active in

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Biography

Puccio di Simone is also known as the Master of the Fabriano Altarpiece. He was a student of

Bernardo Daddi Bernardo Daddi ( 1280 – 1348) was an early Italian Renaissance painter and the leading painter of Florence of his generation. He was one of the artists who contributed to the revolutionary art of the Renaissance, which broke away from the conven ...

in Florence. He is mentioned between 1348 and 1357. He appears to have collaborated with

Allegretto Nuzi Allegretto Nuzi or ''Allegretto di Nuzio'' (1315–1373) was an Italian painter, active in a Gothic style mainly around Fabriano, in the Province of Ancona. Biography Nuzi was probably trained in Fabriano Fabriano is a town and ''comune'' of A ...

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Work

Work by Puccio di Simone can be found in: *''Coronation of the Virgin'', Museum of Fine Arts,

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, Belgium *''Madonna'',

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, France *''Madonna and Child'', Montor Collection,

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, France *''Madonna and Saints'' (polyptych), Museum of Sacred Art,

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, Italy *''St Anthony'' altarpiece (1353), Pinacoteca of

, ItalyPinacoteca of Fabriano, Altarpiece *''Triptych of Madonna with Saints Laurentius, Onuphrius, Jacobus and Barthomoleus'', Accademia,

, Italy *''Saints Lucia and Catherine'', Galleria di Palazzo degli Alberti,

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, Italy *''St Ansano and two angels'', Church of Saint Giovanni Battista and Saint Ansano, Vinci, Italy *''Madonna with angels and saints'',

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, USA *''St James Major'',

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, Washington, USA *''Crucifixion'',

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, USA *''Adoration of the Kings'',

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, Massachusetts, USA

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