Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Allegory of Bad Government (detail) c. 1338-39 - Palazzo Pubblico, Siena
Ambrogio Lorenzetti is one of my all-time favorite painters! His genius was cut short by the Black Death--and one can only wonder at where his skill and imagination would have taken him. He ranks among the greatest of the Italian Sienese painters. Although his style was influenced by Duccio, by his older brother, Pietro, and by the great proto-Renaissance master, Giotto--a fierce individualism and unique inventive powers--as well as a stellar understanding of composition and form--are embedded in Ambrogio's works.
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