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Domenico Veneziano

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Domenico Veneziano (Italian) [doˈmeːniko venetˈtsjaːno]
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(Biographies / Domenico Veneziano (death date: 1461) M, Italian, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) died 1461, Italian painter, noted for the St Lucy Altarpiece


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Essentially a brilliant decorator and a shrewd assimilator, with occasional flashes of inspiration, the artist was a quick study, learning from Ghiberti (this link discussed at length by Ahl), Masaccio, Filippo Lippi, Castagno, Domenico Veneziano, and Mantegna.
In 1438 Domenico Veneziano wrote to Piero de' Medici in the hope of securing a Florentine commission.
In doing so, he influenced artists such as Domenico Veneziano and Jacopo Bellini, who produced similar effects only much later.
 
 
 
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