Turino Vanni (late 14th century) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born at

Rigoli Rigoli is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of San Giuliano Terme, province of Pisa. Rigoli is about 9 km from Pisa Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tuscany, Central Italy ...

, a small village near

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 ...

Works

He was an imitator of

Taddeo Bartoli Taddeo di Bartolo (c. 1363 – 26 August 1422), also known as Taddeo Bartoli, was an Italian painter of the Sienese School during the early Renaissance. His biography appears in the '' Vite'' of Giorgio Vasari, who claims that Taddeo was the un ...

. * The records show that he worked for the

Duomo of Pisa Pisa Cathedral (), officially the Primatial Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary (), is a medieval Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, in the Piazza dei Miracoli in Pisa, Italy, the oldest of the three st ...

between 1390 and 1395. * In the church of

San Paolo Ripo d'Arno San Paolo a Ripa d'Arno (St. Paul on the bank of the Arno) is a Roman Catholic church in Pisa, region of Tuscany, Italy. It is a pre-eminent example of Tuscan Romanesque church architecture. The church is also locally known as ''Duomo vecchio' ...

Pisa, is an enthroned Virgin and Child with saints, and adored by four kneeling figures, signed TORINUS VANNIS DE REGULI DEPINXIT A.D. MCCCXCVII. * He has also left in a convent of

Palermo Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...

, a ''S. Madonna with angels'' and a signed Madonna is found in the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

Relationships

He is identified as the uncle of Nero and Bernado di Nello (Nello di Vanni), a painter circa 1390, said to be a pupil of

Orcagna Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo (c. 1308 – 25 August 1368), better known as Orcagna, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect active in Florence. He worked as a consultant at the Florence Cathedral and supervised the construction of the fa ...

References

* 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Tuscany Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-14thC-stub