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Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, known as il Sassetta (c. 1392 –1450) was an Tuscan painter of the Renaissance, and a significant figure of the Sienese School.
Learn about the life and works of Il Sassetta, a Sienese painter who combined Gothic and Renaissance styles. See his famous altarpieces, frescoes and paintings of the Eucharist and St. Francis.
Stefano di Giovanni. Died: c. 1450, Siena [Italy] Sassetta (died c. 1450, Siena [Italy]) was a Gothic-style painter considered to be the greatest Sienese painter of the early 15th century. The date and place of his birth are uncertain.
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Sassetta (Stefano di Giovanni) Italian. ca. 1435. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 956. The vase of lilies, prominently placed between the Angel Gabriel and the Virgin in this Annunciation scene, symbolizes both the Virgin’s purity as well as Christ’s Incarnation.
Painted by the leading Sienese painter Sassetta (baptized name Stefano di Giovanni; Sassetta is first used in the eighteenth century), this small panel is a fragment from the upper half of a larger composition that showed the Journey and Adoration of the Magi.
Sassetta (1427-1450) was the most important artist in 15th century Siena, known for his altarpieces and frescoes. Learn about his life, works and style at the National Gallery, London.
Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, known as il Sassetta was an Tuscan painter of the Renaissance, and a significant figure of the Sienese School. While working within the Sienese tradition, he...
