Francesco di Vannuccio

Crucifixion with Donor by Francesco di Vannuccio, 1380

Francesco di Vannuccio (documented 1356–1389; died before 1391) was an Italian painter born in Siena. A small body of work has been ascribed to this painter, characterized by an attention to and love of pattern and decoration, a tradition dating back in Siena to Simone Martini. A signed and dated double-sided processional standard of 1380, painted on one side with the Crucifixion and on the other side with a painted glass depiction of the Virgin Enthroned with Saints, in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (inv. no. 1062B), has been the basis on which a number of other paintings have been attributed. Most of these are small-scale works, richly finished, which were meant for private devotion, suggesting that Francesco di Vannuccio worked for a discerning and wealthy group of private patrons.

References

• Brandi, Cesare (1931). "An unpublished reliquary of Francesco di Vannuccio", Art in America, vol. 20, no. 1. pp. 38–48.
• Offner, Richard (1932). "The Works and Style of Francesco di Vannuccio", Art in America, vol. 20, no. 3. pp. 89–114.
• Brandi, Cesare (1933). "Francesco di Vannuccio e Paolo di Giovanni Fei", Bullettino senese di storia patria, vol. 4. pp. 25–42.
• Berenson, Bernard (1968). Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: Central Italian & North Italian Schools.
• Richards, John (1996). "Francesco di Vannuccio", in Dictionary of Art, vol. 11. pp. 696–97.

A painting by di Vannuccio hangs in the Frick Art Museum in Pittsburgh ("Saint Catherine")

External links

• Italian Paintings: Sienese and Central Italian Schools, a collection catalog containing information about Vannuccio and his works (see index; plate 21).