Masolino da Panicale

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Masolino da Panicale (also known as Tommaso di Cristoforo Fini) (Panicale, Umbria c. 1383 – 1447) was an Italian painter. His best known works are probably his collaborations with Masaccio: Madonna with Child and St. Anne (1424) and the frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel (1424-1428).

His works include:

• Madonna and Child (1423)
• The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne (1424) painted for the church of Sant'Ambrogio in Florence
• Pope Gregory the Great and Saint Matthias (c. 1425), part of a double-sided triptych in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
• An altarpiece depicting The Annunciation (1425/1430) for the Guardini chapel in the church of San Niccolò Oltrarno, Florence
• Frescoes depicting the "Life of St. John the Baptist" in Castiglione Olona, Northern Italy

Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Masolino in his Lives.

Bibliography

The principal monograph is by Toesca, Masolino da Panicale (Bergamo, 1908); also, A. H. Layard, The Brancacci Chapel and Masolino, Masaccio, and Filippino Lippi published by the Arundel Society (London, 1868); Schmarsow, Massacio Studien (Cassel, 1895-1900); Bernard Berenson, "Quelques peinures méconnues de Masolino da Panicale," in Gazette des Beaux-Arts, ser. 3, volume xxvii (Paris, 1902); Berenson in Study and Criticism of Italian Art, volume ii (London, 1902); Crowe and Cavalcaselle, History of Painting in Italy, edited by Douglas and Strong (New York, 1903); for data on the life of Masolino: Milanesi, Storia dell' arte toscana (Florence, 1873).

External links

• Masolino da Panicale at Panopticon Virtual Art Gallery

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