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Masaccio

Also known as Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, Mazachcho, Mazzacio, Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone Cassai, Massacio, Tommaso Di Giovanni Di Simone Guidi Masaccio, Tommaso di ser Giovanni di Mone Guidi, Tommaso Guidi Masaccio

Masaccio (, ; ; December 21, 1401 – summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. According to Vasari, Masaccio was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at imitating nature, recreating lifelike figures and movements as well as a convincing sense of three-dimensionality. He employed nudes and foreshortenings in his figures. This had seldom been done before him.

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Masaccio, born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni Guidi in San Giovanni Valdarno in 1401, was an Italian painter associated with the Italian Renaissance movement. He worked primarily in Florence and is recognized for notable works including *Virgin and Child with Saint Anne*, *Madonna and Child*, and *Holy Trinity*. His works are held in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, and the National Museum of San Matteo.

He died in Rome on January 1, 1428. Masaccio is described in sources such as *Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects* and *The Catholic Encyclopedia*. He spoke Italian and had a sibling named Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi.

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Artist.name: Masaccio
Artist.image: Masaccio_Self_Portrait.jpg
Artist.caption: Detail of St. Peter Raising the Son of Theophilus and St. Peter Enthroned as First Bishop of Antioch, Brancacci Chapel, S. Maria del Carmine, Florence
Artist.birth_name: Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone (Simone) Cassai
Artist.birth_place: San Giovanni Valdarno, Republic of Florence
Artist.death_date: latter half of 1428 (aged 26)
Artist.death_place: Rome, Papal States
Artist.field: Painting, Fresco
Artist.movement: Early Renaissance
Artist.works: Brancacci Chapel (Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Tribute Money) Pisa Altarpiece 1426Holy Trinity
Artist.patrons: Felice de Michele Brancacci ser Giuliano di Colino degli Scarsi da San Giusto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Tommaso
Gender: male
Place of birth: San Giovanni Valdarno
Place of death: Rome
Sibling: Giovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi
Occupation: painter
Languages spoken: Italian
Notable work: Holy Trinity
Field of work: painting
Movement: Italian Renaissance
Image: Masaccio Self Portrait.jpg
Work location: Florence

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Commons category: Masaccio
date of birth: 1401-12-21
date of death: 1428-01-01
Commons Creator page: Masaccio
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
topic's main category: Category:Masaccio
Commons gallery: Masaccio
name in native language: Masaccio
has works in the collection: Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
name: Maso di Ser Giovanni

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Masaccio, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Early life
First works
Maturity
Brancacci Chapel
Works of the chapel
''Pisa Altarpiece''
''Holy Trinity''
Other paintings
Legacy
Main works
See also
References
External links

The name Masaccio is a humorous version of Maso (short for Tommaso), meaning "clumsy" or "messy" Tom. The name may have been created to distinguish him from his principal collaborator, also called Maso, who came to be known as Masolino ("little/delicate Tom").

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