The Master of the Sterbini Diptych was an Italian

Italy

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 painter active most likely in Venice

Venice

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 during the early fourteenth century; other locations along the Adriatic

Adriatic Sea

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 coast have also been suggested. Several panels associated with this artist are believed to exist; his name is derived from a painting now in the Museo del Palazzo Venezia

Palazzo Venezia

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 in Rome

Rome

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. Little is known about the artist, save that he appears to have been influenced by Cretan

Crete

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 or Greek

Greece

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 traditions of icon

Icon

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-painting. Some historians believe that the artist may actually be a workshop

Workshop

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group.