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Maso di Banco

1250 - 1348

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Maso di Banco (working c 1335–1350) was an Italian painter of the 14th century, who worked in Florence, Italy. He and Taddeo Gaddi were the most prominent Florentine pupils of Giotto di Bondone, exploring the three-dimensional dramatic realism inaugurated by Giotto. Maso's name and work are known to us from Lorenzo Ghiberti's autobiographical I Commentari, which identifies frescoes in the chapel of the Holy Confessors at Santa Croce, Florence as his chief work. The frescoes, not signed or dated but probably c 1340, represent scenes from the Life of St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maso di Banco is the 1,178th most popular painter (up from 1,206th in 2019), the 2,746th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,779th in 2019) and the 232nd most popular Italian Painter.

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Among painters, Maso di Banco ranks 1,178 out of 2,023. Before him are Arnold Houbraken, Candido Portinari, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Guariento di Arpo, Jacques-Émile Blanche, and Giovanni Battista Crespi. After him are Mariam Aslamazian, Antoine Coypel, Michiel Sweerts, Marcel Broodthaers, Tawaraya Sōtatsu, and Ambrosius Holbein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1250, Maso di Banco ranks 30. Before him are Raden Wijaya, Tarmashirin, Matteo I Visconti, Friar Julian, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, and Simon of Kéza. After him are Rebecca Guarna, Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily, Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Theodoric of Freiberg, Reniero Zeno, and Ibn Bibi. Among people deceased in 1348, Maso di Banco ranks 16. Before him are Bernardo Daddi, Barlaam of Seminara, Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon, Don Juan Manuel, Ferrer Bassa, and Charles, Duke of Durazzo. After him are John, Duke of Randazzo, and Rudolf IV, Margrave of Baden-Pforzheim.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Maso di Banco ranks 2,746 out of 5,161. Before him are Marcantonio Memmo (1536), Guariento di Arpo (1310), Pietro Serantoni (1906), Giovanni Battista Crespi (1573), Francesco Acerbi (1988), and Francesco Feo (1691). After him are Stefano Delle Chiaie (1936), Ludovico I Gonzaga (1268), Ferdinando Galiani (1728), Realdo Colombo (1516), Lucius Afranius (-150), and Italo De Zan (1925).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Maso di Banco ranks 232. Before him are Massimo Stanzione (1585), Davide Ghirlandaio (1452), Giuseppe Amisani (1881), Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841), Guariento di Arpo (1310), and Giovanni Battista Crespi (1573). After him are Alberto Burri (1915), Mario Minniti (1577), Giuseppe Abbati (1836), Vincenzo Camuccini (1771), Franciabigio (1484), and Girolamo Savoldo (1480).

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