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Giovanni de Lorenzo Larciani

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[[File:Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani - Paesaggio - Washington.jpg|thumb|500px|One of the Kress landscapes]]
'''Giovanni di Lorenzo Larciani''' (1484 - 1527) was an Italian painter. He was originally referred to as the '''Maestro dei paesaggi Kress''' (Master of the Kress landscapes).

==Work & attribution ==
His original name referred to a body of works at the [[National Gallery of Art]] that form part of the [[Samuel Henry Kress|Kress Collection]]. He is also now known to be the creator of a ''Holy Family and Four Saints'' at the . While studying that work, [[Federico Zeri]] discovered documents, including a contract from 1521, that linked it with someone named Giovanni Larciani, which would suggest that he originated from the nearby village of [[Larciano]], or somewhere close by.

Works that had already been assigned to a young [[Rosso Fiorentino]] (such as the ''Madonna and Child'' at the [[Galleria Borghese]], 1510-1515, and a similar work at the in [[Arezzo]], c.1510-1520), were now reassigned to Larciani. He is also credited with the background landscape in the painitng ''[[Joseph (Genesis)|Joseph]] Being Conducted to Prison'' by [[Francesco Granacci]], painted for the .

He has since been credited with a ''Madonna and Child'' at the Galerie Hans in [[Hamburg]] and a ''Holy Family with St.John'' at the Galleria Borghese.

==Sources==
* Federico Zeri: "Eccentrici fiorentini - Il pittore dei Paesaggi Kress". In: ''Bolletino d'Arte'', 47, 1 (1962) pg. 227.
* L. A. Waldman: The 'Master of the Kress Landscapes' Unmasked: Giovanni Larciani and the Fucecchio Altar-piece". In: ''[[The Burlington Magazine]]'', 140, 1998, pgs. 456–469.
* Antonio Natali, ''Rosso Fiorentino'', Silvana Editore, Milano 2006. ISBN 88-366-0631-8

==External links==

* ''Scenes from a Legend'' (1), ca. 1515/1520, Washington, National Gallery of Art [https://ift.tt/2UYCJzN] Inv. Nr.1939.1.344.a
* ''Scenes from a Legend'' (2), ca. 1515/1520, Washington, National Gallery of Art [https://ift.tt/2CCU1vm] Inv. Nr.1939.1.344.b
* ''Scenes from a Legend'' (3), ca. 1515/1520, Washington, National Gallery of Art [https://ift.tt/2UYxhwS] Inv. Nr.1939.1.344.c






[[Category:1484 births]]
[[Category:1527 deaths]]
[[Category:Italian painters]]
[[Category:Italian Renaissance painters]]


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