The Master of San Miniato, recently brought back to the name of Lorenzo di Giovanni di Nofri (Bernacchioni, 1992), is a painter who in 1465-66 was a pupil of Neri di Bicci (Florence 1418/20 - 1492) and in 1472 he had a workshop on his own "to the song of the Servants" in Florence. Even the works of Lorenzo di Giovanni di Nofri, like those attributed to the Pseudo Pier Francesco Fiorentino, are significantly affected by the experiences of Filippo Lippi (Florence 1406 - Spoleto 1469) and Pesellino (Florence 1422 c. - 1457). The work, complete with its wooden tabernacle, "well represents a Master's response to the request for devotional scenes from customers who wish to have images in line with traditional iconography but at the same time with reduced costs" (Dalli Regoli, 1988). The Child and the Virgin hold the pomegranate in their hands, the fruit symbol of the royalty but also of the passion of Jesus. Parts of golden decoration can be found in the edges of the robe, while the landscape with the sky is the graphic translation of the AVE REGINA CELORUM . This tabernacle is hypothesized to be a work of maturity, for some references to the forms of Verrocchio but above all for contacts with Francesco Botticini (Florence 1446-1498), with whom the author had shared the years of apprenticeship at Neri di Bicci ( Bernacchioni, 1992).
Title: Madonna with Child
Author: Lorenzo di Giovanni di Nofri, detto Maestro di San Miniato
Date: 1466
Technique: Tempera on wood
Displayed in: Museum of the Battle of Anghiari
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