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Of the Order of Friars Preachers, painter, c.1400 - 1455

"In Cortona he painted...the panel for the high altar" I-202



Annunciation, Cortona
Annunciation, Cortona (detail)
Annunciation, Cortona (detail of the predella)
Centre panel, Cortona triptych
"At Orvieto, on a section of the vaulting in the Lady Chapel in the cathedral, he started to paint some prophets which were later finished by Luca Signorelli." I-203


Frescoes, Orvieto
"For Santa Maria degli Angeli he painted a picture of the Inferno and Paradise containing a number of small figures which are brilliantly interpreted, for the blessed are shown as beautiful and exultant in the joy of heaven and the damned as ready for the pains of hell, bearing the mark of their sins and unworthiness on their faces and depicted in various doleful attitudes:" I-203
The Last Judgement - the blessed
"...the blessed are seen entering the gates of Paradise in a celestial dance, while the damned are being dragged by demons into the everlasting torments of hell." I-203


The Last Judgement - the damned
The Last Judgement - the torments of hell

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