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\fi0 BaldovinettiÆs life and works are thoroughly documented in several surviving notebooks of re
collections, which he drew up on his own initiative. Baldovinetti made his debut around 1439, working alongside Domenico Veneziano and Piero della Francesca on the frescoes in the chancel of the Florentine church of Sant'Egidio, which have unfortunately
been lost. In 1449 he painted some small panels with \i Scenes from the Life of Christ\i0 for the Silver Cabinet in the monastery of San Marco, on which Fra Angelico had worked. Between 1460 and 1462, Baldovinetti painted the fresco of the \i Nativity
\i0 in the cloister of the vows of Santissima Annunziata. The frescoes of \i Angels\i0 and the panel of the \i Annunciation \i0 that were executed for the chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal in San Miniato al Monte date from 1466. The frescoes with figure
s of \i Evangelists\i0 and the altarpiece (now in the Uffizi) for the Gianfigliazzi Chapel in Santa Trinita were painted in 1471/1477. All of these works clearly show that Baldovinetti was one of the most consistent interpreters of the reformation due t
o his manner of handling perspective and light, that was initiated in Florence by Domenico Veneziano and Piero della Francesca. Finally, over the course of his career, the artist also devoted himself to the so-called ôminor arts,ö furnishing designs for
a mosaic in the Baptistery, the stained-glass windows in Santa Croce and the wooden inlays of the cathedral sacristy.
