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Allegretto Nuzi

active 1354; died 1373/4

Allegretto di Nuzio was from Fabriano. He worked mainly in Florence, where he is recorded in 1346. He seems to have been influenced by paintings from Siena as well as by the work of Giotto.

A number of signed works survive, including a Maestà dated 1345 and a Virgin and Child (Galleria Nazionale, Urbino) dated 1372 .

Paintings by Allegretto Nuzi

Saints Catherine and Bartholomew
Saints Catherine and Bartholomew
Allegretto Nuzi and Francescuccio Ghissi
Saint Catherine rests her hand on a wheel studded with metal spikes – the instrument on which she was tortured for her Christian faith, according to legend. Saint Bartholomew holds a knife, the symbol of his martyrdom: he was flayed alive.The panel probably formed the right-hand side of a triptyc...
Not on display