Sano di Pietro or Ansano di Pietro di Mencio (1405–1481) was an Italian painter of the Sienese school of painting. He was active for about half a century during the Quattrocento period, and his contemporaries included Giovanni di Paolo and Sassetta.
Triptych of Madonna with Child, St. James and St. John the Evangelist. Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Polittico in San Quirico d'Orcia's collegiata
Angel of Annunciation
Madonna of Mercy
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