Maso di Banco
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.[1]
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.[2] The frescoes, not signed or dated but probably c 1340, represent scenes from the Life of St. Sylvester (Pope Sylvester I), the Last Judgment, and The Entombment.
His fresco of a particular judgment is in the Bardi banking family chapel of Santa Croce. It features Gualtiero de' Bardi pleading on behalf of his soul before Jesus Christ.
Nanni di Banco, a sculptor of the early 15th century, is not related to Maso.
Selected works
- Triptych, Detroit Institute of Art
- Portable altarpiece depicting Madonna and Christ Child with Saints and Scenes From The Life of Christ at Brooklyn Museum
- Panel depicting The Coronation of the Virgin at the Budapest Museum of Fine Art
Notes
- A World History of Art: Gothic Art.
- Giorgio Vasari confused Maso with Maso di Stephano, called "Giottino".
External links
- Gallery of Art Online
- Italian Paintings: Florentine School, a collection catalog containing information about di Banco and his works (see pages: 20–22).