Master of the Bambino Vispo
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The Master of the Bambino Vispo was an Italian painter active in the early 15th century.

In the early 20th century, the art historian Osvald Sirén
Osvald Siren
Osvald Sirén was a Finnish-born Swedish art historian, whose interests included the art of 18th century Sweden, Renaissance Italy and China.Sirén held the J.A...

 identified a group of unsigned paintings as being by the same artist. Sirén designated the artist as the Master of the Bambino Vispo (Master of the Lively Child) due to the unusually lively expression and movement of baby Jesus in these paintings. The paintings Sirén wrote about are:
  • Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels in the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze
    Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze
    The Accademia di Belle Arti is an art academy in Florence, Italy and it is now the operative branch of the still existing Accademia delle Arti del Disegno that was the first academy of drawing in Europe.-History:The Accademia delle Arti del Disegno The Accademia di Belle Arti ("Academy of Fine...

     in Florence, Italy
  • Triptych of the Virgin and Child with Music-making Angels and Four Saints in the Galleria Doria Pamphili in Rome
  • Virgin of Humility in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
    Philadelphia Museum of Art
    The Philadelphia Museum of Art is among the largest art museums in the United States. It is located at the west end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park. The Museum was established in 1876 in conjunction with the Centennial Exposition of the same year...

  • Mary Magdalene, St. Lawrence and a Cardinal Donor in the Bode Museum
    Bode Museum
    The Bode Museum is one of the group of museums on the Museum Island in Berlin, Germany; it is a historically preserved building. The museum was designed by architect Ernst von Ihne and completed in 1904...

     in Berlin.


Pietro di Domenico da Montepulciano (active 1418-1422), Parri Spinelli
Parri Spinelli
Parri Spinelli was an Italian painter of the early renaissance who was born in the Province of Arezzo. His father and teacher was Spinello Aretino , who was active throughout Tuscany. Parri Spinelli lived in Florence from 1411 or 1412 to 1419, and was a member of the workshop of Lorenzo Ghiberti...

 (1387-ca. 1453), Miguel Alcanyis (active 1408-1447) and Gherardo Starnina
Gherardo Starnina
Gherardo Starnina was an Italian painter from Florence.According to the biographer Giorgio Vasari, Starnina initially trained with Antonio Veneziano, then with Agnolo Gaddi. He is claimed to have participated in the painting of the frescos in the Castellani Chapel in Santa Croce, Florence...

 (1354–1403) have each been credited with this body of paintings at one time or another. The preponderance of scholarly opinion currently favors Gherardo Starnina
Gherardo Starnina
Gherardo Starnina was an Italian painter from Florence.According to the biographer Giorgio Vasari, Starnina initially trained with Antonio Veneziano, then with Agnolo Gaddi. He is claimed to have participated in the painting of the frescos in the Castellani Chapel in Santa Croce, Florence...

, who worked in Spain and then in Florence in the late 14th century.
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