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Master of Borsigliana

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The Master of Borsigliana, also known as Pietro da Talada (active 1463–1499) was an Italian painter active in the Garfagnana, the mountainous corner of modern Tuscany, located north-east of Lucca.

Assumption of the Madonna della Cintola, circa 1470.

Biography

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Almost no details are known about his life.[1] He is a provincial painter who mixes influences from both the Tuscan Quattrocento and late Gothic period. He is known from pieces derived from a few religious paintings and predellas, including a triptych at the church of Santa Maria Assunta, Borsigliana and a painting at Santa Maria Assunta at Stazzema. There is a painting of an enthroned Madonna at the Museo Nazionale of Villa Guinigi in Lucca.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca, pamphlet on Talada.
  2. ^ Fondazione Zeri, catalogue.
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