Meo di Siena

Mèo da Siena (active 1310–1333) was an Italian painter active in Umbria in a late-Gothic style.

He is also known as Bartolomeo Guarnieri or Meo da Guido da Siena. He may be the son of a painter, Guido Guarnieri or Gratiani or Graziani of Siena, who settled in Perugia in 1319.[1][2]

He was influenced by Duccio, and is known for a few works in Umbria, including a polyptych of the Virgin and Saints in the Galleria Nazionale of Perugia. Attributed to Meo or his studio are also a triptych in the Museum of the Duomo of Perugia and a polyptych originally in the church of San Pietro[3][4]

References

  1. ^ A history of painting in Italy, Umbria, Florence and Siena, Volume 1, by Joseph Archer Crowe, Giovanni Battista Cavalcaselle, page 164.
  2. ^ Some have tried to equate this Guido with Guido da Siena.
  3. ^ San Pietro polyptych is now in Städelsches Kunstinstitut in Frankfort
  4. ^ Encyclopedia Trecani.

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