Coppo di Marcovaldo was an Italian

Italy

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 painter active in Tuscany

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....

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Biography

He was born in Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, and is mentioned as active in Pistoia

Pistoia

Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:...

 in 1265, where he frescoed the St. James Chapel in the cathedral.

The other only certain work is a Madonna del Bordone

Madonna del Bordone

The Madonna del Bordone is a panel painting by the Italian painter Coppo di Marcovaldo, in the church of Santa Maria dei Servi in Siena, Italy....

, signed and dated (1261), in the Chiesa dei Servi of Siena

Siena

Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena.The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008...

, where he was prisoner after the Battle of Montaperti

Battle of Montaperti

The Battle of Montaperti was fought on September 4, 1260, between Florence and Siena in Tuscany as part of the conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines...

 to which he had taken part. A similar work attributed to him can be found in a church of Orvieto. Another recent attribution to him is an altarpiece with St. Michael Archangel and His Legend at the museum of San Casciano in Val di Pesa

San Casciano in Val di Pesa

San Casciano in Val di Pesa is a comune in the Province of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 15 km southwest of Florence....

, dating to some 1255-1260, which therefore would be his oldest known work.

He also provided some cartoons for the mosaics in the Battistero di San Giovanni in Florence, namely with the visionary Last Judgment (c. 1260-1270). In 1274, with his son Salerno, he painted some panels for the Cathedral of Pistoia, now lost.

It is thought that Coppo was a captive in Siena, during the conflict between Florence and Siena, during this time he contributed such works that conduct him to freedom, the 'majesty' 'maiesta'-the Lady and child. Faces are not the original, faces were re painted- thought to be repainted by Ducio.