ca. 1370 - 1425 Florence
Late Medieval and Gothic
Italy: Florence
1,000,000 – 3,000,000 USD +
Lorenzo Monaco, the pre-eminent Florentine painter in the first quarter of the fifteenth century, made his mark with the perfection of the early International Gothic style.
Selected Artworks
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Further Reading
Antonio Natali and Angelo Tartuferi, ed., Bagliori Dorati: Il Gotico Internazionale a Firenze 1375-1440, exh. cat., Florence, 2012.
Angelo Tartuferi, ed., Lorenzo Monaco: a bridge from Giotto’s heritage to the Renaissance, exh. cat. Florence, 2006.
Laurence Kanter, ed., Painting and Illumination in Early Renaissance Florence 1300-1450, exh. cat., New York, 1994.
Marvin Eisenberg, Lorenzo Monaco, Princeton, 1989.
Notable Exhibitions
Florence, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Bagliori dorati: Il Gotico Internazionale a Firenze, 1375–1440, 19 June – 4 November 2012. Curated by Antonio Natali, Enrica Neri Lusanna, and Angelo Tartuferi.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fra Angelico and the Masters of Light, 23 September 2011 – 16 January 2012. Curated by Giovanna Damiani and Nicolas Sainte Fare Garnot.
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Les enluminures du Louvre: Moyen âge et Renaissance, 7 July – 10 October 2011. Curated by François Avril, Nicole Reynaud, and Dominique Cordelier.
Florence, Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, Lorenzo Monaco: A bridge from Giotto’s heritage to the Renaissance, 9 May – 24 September 2006. Curated by Angelo Tartuferi.
New York, Museum of Metropolitan Art, Painting and illumination in early Renaissance Florence, 1300-1450, 17 November 1994 – 26 February 1995. Curated by Laurence Kanter.