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Lorenzo Monaco

c. 1370-c. 1425

Piero di Giovanni, called Lorenzo Monaco (he took his vows and the name of Lorenzo at the Camaldolese Monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli, Florence, in 1391). Florentine School. Born c. 1370; died 1422/24. He came from Siena to Florence, where he was influenced by Agnolo Gaddi, became the most important painter at the beginning of the fifteenth century, and influenced the stylistic formation of Masolino and Fra Angelico. Panel paintings, frescoes, and illuminations, characterized by the flowing line of the International Style, make up his very considerable oeuvre.
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