Paolo di Giovanni Fei

He came to Siena from San Quirico, Castelvecchio, held public positions in Siena from 1369 and was first mentioned in the Sienese register of painters in 1389. His earliest signed and dated work is of 1381. He appears among the documents of the Duomo di Siena, 1395–1410, and is assumed to have died shortly thereafter. Paolo di Giovanni was influenced by the brothers Pietro Lorenzetti and Ambrogio Lorenzetti and by the Sienese masters Bartolo di Fredi and Simone Martini. His paintings are characterized by their bright clear palette often against a gilded and punched ground, and his wealth of naturalistic and ornamental detail. His artistic personality was first elucidated by Bernard Berenson.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Siena. Works named in the authority record are Chapel of the Madonna in Santa Maria della Scala Hospital. Work by Paolo di Giovanni Fei is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hermitage Museum, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium and Harvard Art Museums.

Madonna and Christ on the Throne, National Museum of Serbia, Belgrade Birth of the Virgin, Siena Presentation of the Virgin, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Enthroned Virgin and Child with Saints John the Baptist, Andrew, Francis and the Prophet Daniel, Siena Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Louis of Toulouse with Angels, High Art Museum, Atlanta St Catherine of Alexandria, Städel Art Gallery, Frankfurt