Neri di Bicci was an Italian

Italy

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 painter of the Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

. A prolific painter of mainly religious themes, he was active mainly in Florence

Florence

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 and in the medium of tempera

Tempera

Tempera, also known as egg tempera, is a permanent fast-drying painting medium consisting of colored pigment mixed with a water-soluble binder medium . Tempera also refers to the paintings done in this medium. Tempera paintings are very long lasting, and examples from the 1st centuries AD still exist...

. His father was Bicci di Lorenzo

Bicci di Lorenzo

Bicci di Lorenzo was an Italian painter and sculptor, active in Florence.He was born in Florence in 1373, the son of the painter, Lorenzo di Bicci, whose workshop he joined. He married in 1418, and in 1424 was registered in the Guild of Painters at Florence. His son, Neri di Bicci was also a...

. His grandfather, Lorenzo di Bicci

Lorenzo di Bicci

Lorenzo di Bicci was an Italian painter of the Florentine school, traditional in outlook. He is believed to have learned his trade from his father, about whom little other than his name, Bicci, is known. By 1370, Lorenzo was a member of the Guild of Saint Luke, the painters' guild of Florence...

  was also a painter in Florence, a pupil of Spinello Aretino

Spinello Aretino

Spinello Aretino was an Italian painter, the son of a Florentine named Luca, who had taken refuge in Arezzo in 1310 when exiled with the rest of the Ghibelline party.-Biography:...

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Neri di Bicci's main works include a St. John Gualbert Enthroned, with Ten Saints for the church of Santa Trinita

Santa Trinita

Santa Trinita is a church in central Florence, Italy. It is the mother church of the Vallumbrosan Order of monks, founded in 1092 by a Florentine nobleman...

, an Annunciation (1464) in the Florentine Academy, two altarpieces in the Diocesan Museum of San Miniato

San Miniato

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, a Madonna with Child Enthroned in the Pinacoteca Nazionale

Pinacoteca Nazionale (Siena)

The Pinacoteca Nazionale is a national museum in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. Inaugurated in 1932, it houses especially late medieval and Renaissance paintings from Italian artists. It is housed in the Brigidi and Buonsignori palaces in the city's center: the former, built in the 14th century, it is...

 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...

, and a Coronation of the Virgin (1472) in the abbey church at San Pietro a Ruoti (Bucine

Bucine

Bucine is a comune in the Province of Arezzo in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 45 km southeast of Florence and about 20 km west of Arezzo....

. He also painter numerous works in the area of Volterra

Volterra

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His journals from the years 1453–1475, including the rates of remuneration for his work, are still preserved in the library of the Uffizi Gallery. They are known as Ricordanze.