Saints and Angels
Allegretto Nuzi·1365
Historical Context
Allegretto Nuzi, the leading painter of fourteenth-century Fabriano in the Marche, created this assembly of saints and angels around 1365. Working in a style that merged Giottesque monumentality with the lyrical color sense of Sienese painting, Nuzi established a distinctive regional school in the Marches. His altarpieces and devotional panels, characterized by their luminous color and gentle figures, were widely influential and laid the groundwork for the later International Gothic brilliance of Gentile da Fabriano.
Technical Analysis
Painted in egg tempera on gold-ground panel, the composition arranges saints and angels in a decorative, hierarchical format with Nuzi's characteristic soft modeling and jewel-like coloring. The elaborate tooled gold halos and delicate facial features exemplify the refined craftsmanship of the Fabriano school.
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