Artist

Pietro Lorenzetti

Portrait of Pietro Lorenzetti
Portrait of Pietro Lorenzetti

Republic of Siena, 1280–1348

Pietro Lorenzetti was a Republic of Siena Byzantine icon painting painter. 8 works are cataloged here, principally at National Gallery of Art, most of them tempera paintings. Pietro Lorenzetti was born in Siena.

Pietro Lorenzetti (Italian:; c. 1280 – 1348) or Pietro Laurati was an Italian painter, active between c. 1306 and 1345. Together with his younger brother Ambrogio, he introduced naturalism into Sienese art. In their artistry and experiments with three-dimensional and spatial arrangements, the brothers foreshadowed the art of the Renaissance.

Works by Pietro Lorenzetti

Collections represented

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