Paolo di Giovanni Fei (c. 1345 – c. 1411) was a
painter of the
Sienese school.
He came to
Siena
from San Quirico, Castelvecchio
, held public positions in Siena from 1369 and was
first mentioned in the Sienese register of painters in 1389.
His earliest signed and dated work is of 1381.
He appears among the
documents of the Duomo di
Siena
, 1395-1410, and is assumed to have died shortly
thereafter.
Paolo di Giovanni was influenced by the brothers
Pietro Lorenzetti and
Ambrogio Lorenzetti and by the Sienese
masters
Bartolo di Fredi and
Simone Martini. His paintings are
characterized by their bright clear palette often against a gilded
and punched ground, and his wealth of naturalistic and ornamental
detail.
His artistic personality was first elucidated by
Bernard Berenson.
Major works
- Birth of the Virgin (Siena)
- Assumption of the Virgin (National Gallery
of Art
, Washington,
D.C.
)
- Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints John the Baptist,
Andrew, Francis and the Prophet Daniel (Siena)
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