\paperw3900 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \b PESELLINO, Francesco di Stefano called\par
\b0 Italian painter\par
(Florence, c. 1420 - 1457)\par
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An artist greatly esteem
ed by his contemporaries and patronized by the Medici, he is famous chiefly for his paintings of small size, and in particular a series of chest fronts with Biblical, allegorical or classical subjects that are of very high quality. He painted few altarpi
eces or other large works, but concentrated chiefly on small \i Madonnas\i0 intended for private devotion. It is not clear where the painter served his apprenticeship. In his early works there are strong signs of the influence of \b \cf4 \ATXht1093 Fili
ppo Lippi\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , with whom he collaborated on several occasions, as well as \b \cf4 \ATXht1097 Fra Angelico \b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and Ghiberti. His style is based on a more approachable and intimate version of the art of Filippo Lippi, in which the
reference to contemporary Florentine sculpture is also very strong.