Italian painter. Venetian by birth or descent, he was one of the
founders of Renaissance painting in Florence in the first half of the
15th century and the most enigmatic. His training (north Italian or
Florentine), the chronology of his few surviving works (his only
documented fresco cycle has perished and there is only one major
altarpiece) and his relationship to contemporary painters, sculptors and
theorists (particularly Alberti) have been debated; they cannot, given
the shortage of evidence, be resolved satisfactorily. Yet, despite these
difficulties, Domenico’s altarpiece for S Lucia de’ Magnoli in Florence
(the St Lucy altarpiece; main panel in Florence, Uffizi), with its
ambitious architectural setting, acutely described figures and its pale
colours bathed in a convincing outdoor light, would alone assure him a
central place in the history of Renaissance art.
Madonna and Child
after 1447
Tempera on wood, 83 x 57 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Madonna and Child
1435-37
Wood, 86 x 61 cm
Berenson Collection, Florence
Adoration of the Magi
1440-43
Wood, diameter 84 cm
Staatliche Museen, Berlin
The Madonna and Child with Saints
c. 1445
Tempera on wood, 209 x 216 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
St John the Baptist and St Francis
1454
Detached fresco, 190 x 115 cm
Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce, Florence
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