Masolino Da Panicale

Variant namesauktoriserad namnform: Masolino Da Panicale

DatesBiographical dates: 1383 - 1447 Dead: dead 1447 (?) Born: born 1383

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BiographyBiography: Masolino da Panicale, whose real name was Tommaso di Cristofano di Fino, came from Panicale in Valdelsa and was initially a pupil of Lorenzo Ghiberti. According to Vasari, he stayed in Ghiberti’s workshop for some years and then devoted himself to painting and became a pupil of Gherardo Starnina. The inspiration of Lorenzo Monaco is also evident in some of Masolino’s early paintings, especially in the vibrant colours and the full-length flying angels. He worked for the Orsini in Rome for a period, but returned to Florence, where he executed the famous frescoes for the Brancacci in Santa Maria del Carmine together with Tommaso di Guido, called Masaccio. In 1425 he left for Hungary to work for the famous condottiere Filippo Scolari (Pippo Spano), who had been fighting for King Sigismund of Hungary. Masolino stayed in that country until his patron’s death in December 1426, when he returned to Florence.

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