Domenico di Bartolo, born in Asciano, Siena, was a Sienese painter of the early Renaissance period. In the Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, Giorgio Vasari says that Domenico was the nephew of Taddeo di Bartolo. Influenced by the new Florentine style of painting, Domenico di Bartolo was the only Sienese painter of his time to receive commissions from clients in Florence. In Siena, he was employed by Lorenzo di Pietro, to help execute the fresco The Care of the Sick, in the Pilgrim's Hall of the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala.
Predella scene with the death of John the Baptist, 1438
Madonna and Child, 1437
Domenico di Bartolo – Madonna of Humility
Desco da parto with the birth of John the Baptist, 1420-40.
The Sienese School of painting flourished in Siena, Italy, between the 13th and 15th centuries. Its most important artists include Duccio, whose work shows Byzantine influence, his pupil Simone Martini, the brothers Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti and Domenico and Taddeo di Bartolo, Sassetta, and Matteo di Giovanni.
Simone Martini, Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus, 1333
Pietro Lorenzetti, detail of the Deposition of Christ, Fresco in the Lower Basilica at Assisi
Maestà by Duccio (1308–11) Tempera on wood, 214 x 412 cm Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena
Ugolino di Nerio, predella scene of The Last Supper
