The Pavement Masters of Siena (1369-1562)Cust, Robert H. Hobart (Robert Henry Hobart)
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The Pavement Masters of Siena (1369-1562)
Cust, Robert H. Hobart (Robert Henry Hobart)
Art -- Italy -- Siena; Duomo di Siena; Pavements, Mosaic
This earliest name, connected with work on the Pavement, is of a man,
about whom we do not know very much. In 1362, we find him witnessing
two contracts made between the Operaio and a certain Francesco di
Tonghio, for woodwork (stalls and a lectern) made for the Choir of the
Duomo. He is among the sculptors, whose names are entered in the Book
of Arts and Crafts of the City of Siena, under date 1363, and in the
following year, he binds himself to do certain work in the Cathedral,
and the Cappella di Piazza. In 1369, we read of his making a small
lion, to adorn a fountain in the Palazzo Pubblico. He was, perhaps,
the son of a certain Brunaccio di Santa Colomba, a sculptor, who signed
the _Sculptors’ Brief_ in the thirteenth century, quoted in the _Nuovi
Documenti_.[147]
2. 1370. _Sano di Marco._
This man’s name is also among those of the sculptors working in Siena
in 1363. Milanesi mentions a daughter of his called Valentina, who
married a sculptor named Paolo di Pietro, of the parish (_Popolo_) of
San Stefano: but there is no other record about him.
3. 1370. _Francesco di Ser Antonio._
Appears to have been a painter, and we find his name on the list of
artists flourishing in Siena in 1402.[148] He was also consulted in
1376 as to the walls of the Cappella di Piazza; and was witness to a
contract made with Giacomo di Buonfredi, called _Corbello_, for certain
work done on the façade of the Duomo. He must not, however, be confused
with Francesco d’Antonio di Francesco, the goldsmith, who lived many
years later.
4. 1376. _Matteo di Bartolo._
5. 1380. _Nanni di Corsino._
Of these men, and their work, nothing is known, but the notices already
quoted.
6. 1398. _Sano, or Ansano di Maestro Matteo._
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