Pietro Lorenzetti

Also known as Pietro Laurati, Lorenzetti, Paolo Lorenzetti, i Lorenzetti

Italian painter (c. 1280—1348)

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Pietro Lorenzetti, also known as Pietro Laurati or Pietro Laureati, was an Italian painter born in Siena in 1280. He was a male member of the Sienese school and studied under Giotto. His professional work period spanned from 1295 to 1348. He had a sibling named Ambrogio Lorenzetti and was a citizen of the Republic of Siena.

Lorenzetti died in Siena in 1348 from the plague, with natural causes listed as the manner of death. His works are held in the collections of the Städel Museum, National Gallery of Art, Nationalmuseum, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is described in sources such as the *Teutsche Academie der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste*, *Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects*, *Schilder-boeck*, and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*. He spoke Italian and is cataloged in the Web Gallery of Art.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Paolo
Gender: male
Citizenship: Republic of Siena
Place of birth: Siena
Place of death: Siena
Sibling: Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Occupation: painter
Languages spoken: Italian
Student of: Giotto
Movement: Sienese school
Image: 010 le vite, pietro laurati.jpg
Work location: Siena

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Commons category: Pietro Lorenzetti
date of birth: 1280-00-00
date of death: 1348-00-00
catalog: Web Gallery of Art
Commons Creator page: Pietro Lorenzetti
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: plague
name: Pietro Laurati
start of work period: 1295-01-01
end of work period: 1348-01-01
partner in business or sport: Ambrogio Lorenzetti

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Detail of a fresco in the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, 1310–1329 Pietro Lorenzetti ( Italian: [ˈpjɛːtro lorenˈtsetti]; c. 1280 – 1348) or Pietro Laurati was an Italian painter, active between c. 1306 and 1345. Together with his younger brother Ambrogio, he introduced naturalism into Sienese art. In their artistry and experiments with three-dimensional and spatial arrangements, the brothers foreshadowed the art of the Renaissance.

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