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[[File:Master Of The Castello Nativity - The Nativity - WGA14514.jpg|thumb|500px|The Castello Nativity]]
The '''Master of the Castello Nativity''' was an Italian religious artist of the mid-15th century. He was a follower of Fra' [[Filippo Lippi]] and was probably employed at his workshop in [[Prato]].
==Works==
His [[notname]] derives from a panoramic painting of the [[Nativity]], originally at the ; now in the collection of the [[Galleria dell'Accademia]] in Florence.
He specialized in paintings for devotional purposes, featuring the Virgin and Child or related scenes. Typically characteristic of his work are the variations in placement and pose of the Child in the Virgin's arms; something which is generally more static.
In 1995, Chiara Lachi, of the [[Marino Marini Museum]], identified him as the young [[Piero di Cosimo]]<ref>Chiara Lachi, ''Il Maestro della Natività di Castello'', Edifir, Florence, ISBN 978-88-7970-027-6</ref>, a proposal that has received little agreement. In the exhibition catalog, ''Officina pratese'', edited by Andrea De Marchi of the [[University of Florence]]<ref>[http://bit.ly/2KzrvkF De Marchi] @ the University of Florence</ref> <!-- there is a rugby player of the same name -->, speaks of [[Piero di Lorenzo di Pratese di Bartolo Zuccheri]], documented around 1450 as the author of an altarpiece for the , as a possible candidate. That work is now divided between museums in Prato, London and Philadelphia.
==References==
==Bibliography==
* [[Andrea De Marchi]] e Cristina Gnoni Mavarelli (a cura di), ''Da Donatello a Lippi, Officina pratese'', catalogo della mostra, Skira, Milano 2013. ISBN 978-88-572-2039-0
==External links==
* [http://bit.ly/2UTz6yk Castello Nativity] @ the [[National Gallery]]
[[Category:Italian painters]]
[[Category:15th-century Italian painters]]
[[Category:Religious artists]]
[[Category:Anonymous artists]]
The '''Master of the Castello Nativity''' was an Italian religious artist of the mid-15th century. He was a follower of Fra' [[Filippo Lippi]] and was probably employed at his workshop in [[Prato]].
==Works==
His [[notname]] derives from a panoramic painting of the [[Nativity]], originally at the ; now in the collection of the [[Galleria dell'Accademia]] in Florence.
He specialized in paintings for devotional purposes, featuring the Virgin and Child or related scenes. Typically characteristic of his work are the variations in placement and pose of the Child in the Virgin's arms; something which is generally more static.
In 1995, Chiara Lachi, of the [[Marino Marini Museum]], identified him as the young [[Piero di Cosimo]]<ref>Chiara Lachi, ''Il Maestro della Natività di Castello'', Edifir, Florence, ISBN 978-88-7970-027-6</ref>, a proposal that has received little agreement. In the exhibition catalog, ''Officina pratese'', edited by Andrea De Marchi of the [[University of Florence]]<ref>[http://bit.ly/2KzrvkF De Marchi] @ the University of Florence</ref> <!-- there is a rugby player of the same name -->, speaks of [[Piero di Lorenzo di Pratese di Bartolo Zuccheri]], documented around 1450 as the author of an altarpiece for the , as a possible candidate. That work is now divided between museums in Prato, London and Philadelphia.
==References==
==Bibliography==
* [[Andrea De Marchi]] e Cristina Gnoni Mavarelli (a cura di), ''Da Donatello a Lippi, Officina pratese'', catalogo della mostra, Skira, Milano 2013. ISBN 978-88-572-2039-0
==External links==
* [http://bit.ly/2UTz6yk Castello Nativity] @ the [[National Gallery]]
[[Category:Italian painters]]
[[Category:15th-century Italian painters]]
[[Category:Religious artists]]
[[Category:Anonymous artists]]
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