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Lot Essay
The Master of the Misericordia was a key figure in later trecento Florentine painting. Influenced by Andrea di Cione, called Orcagna, and Bernardo Daddi, Richard Offner named the artist after the Madonna della Misericordia (Florence, Galleria dell'Accademia) and a substantial number of panels have subsequently been attributed to the artist.
We are grateful to Andrea de Marchi for proposing the attribution on the basis of a photograph and to Sonia Chiodo, who dates the picture to circa 1380. Dr Chiodo notes that the iconography, taken up in the second half of the 14th century by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini in particular, is unique in the corpus of the artist.
We are grateful to Andrea de Marchi for proposing the attribution on the basis of a photograph and to Sonia Chiodo, who dates the picture to circa 1380. Dr Chiodo notes that the iconography, taken up in the second half of the 14th century by Niccolò di Pietro Gerini in particular, is unique in the corpus of the artist.