Tommaso da Modena
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Tommaso da Modena was an Italian
Italy
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 painter of the mid-14th century, who trained in Venice
Venice
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, but also worked for the court of the Emperor Charles IV in Prague
Prague
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. In Karlstein Castle, there are two pictures on wood are attributed to him, an Ecce Homo and a Madonna. A St Catherine is in the Accademia
Accademia
The Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th century art in Venice, northern Italy. Situated on the south bank of the Grand Canal, within the sestiere of Dorsoduro, it gives its name to one of the three bridges across the canal, the Ponte dell'Accademia, and to the boat landing station for the...

 in Venice. He painted a series of portraits for the Dominicans in Treviso
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