Spinello Aretino
Spinello Aretino was active in the fourteenth century. He painted a scene of the Apostles receiving the Holy Spirit on a wall of the Hospital of Spirito Santo. In the Company of the Puraccioli, he produced an Annunciation and worked in fresco in the cloister of that convent. He also painted a portico in the Hospital of S. Marco, where he portrayed Pope Gregory IX.
Biography
At the Abbey of Camaldoli, he made the panel for the high-altar in 1361. Later, in the sacristy of the monastery of S. Miniato sul Monte, he painted scenes of the life of S. Benedict on the vaulting and walls. In the Church of S. Stefano, he painted figures and scenes, including a Madonna handing a rose to the Infant Christ. Solis Prints offers fine art prints of his work, including Saint Benedict and Saint Lucilla, Virgin and Child with Angels, and Virgin Enthroned with Angels.
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