Niccolò di Segna
Illustration — Madonna with Child. Diocesan Museum, Cortona. Niccolò di Segna (died around 1348) was an Italian painter from Siena.
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Niccolò di Segna
Niccolò di Segna · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls · CC0
- Born
- the 13th century. · Siena.
- Died
- 1348. · Siena.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Movements
- Sienese school.
- Known for
- Massacre of the Innocents, St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Vitalis.
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Illustration — Madonna with Child. Diocesan Museum, Cortona. Niccolò di Segna (died around 1348) was an Italian painter from Siena.
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His activity is documented starting from 1331. Influenced by Duccio di Buoninsegna and Simone Martini, he was an exponent of the Sienese School. He collaborated with Pietro Lorenzetti to the frescoes in Santa Maria dei Servi (Siena) and painted. Other works by him can be found in the Pinacoteca Nazionale at Siena (Madonna della Misericordia, Madonna with Child, St. Michael Archangel and others), in the Cathedral of Sansepolcro (Resurrection Polyptych, at the high altar), the Diocesan Museum of Cortona and other collections in Italy and abroad.
Places of work recorded in the authority are Siena. Works named in the authority record are Massacre of the Innocents, St. Work by Niccolò di Segna is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, Cleveland Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum and museum Huis Bergh.
Pinnacle with Angel, c. 1340, by Niccolò di Segna
Niccolò di Segna · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls
Pinnacle with Angel, c. 1340, by Niccolò di Segna
Niccolò di Segna · The Cleveland Museum of Art · Bequest of Jane Taft Ingalls
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1250
Niccolò di Segna born at Siena.
1348
Niccolò di Segna died at Siena.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 122359216, Niccolò, di Segna.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500007938, Niccolò di Segna.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q951005: Niccolò di Segna
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- “Niccolò di Segna”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 122359216, Niccolò, di Segna.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500007938, Niccolò di Segna.The Getty Research Institute
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q951005: Niccolò di SegnaWikimedia Foundation
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