Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, known as il Sassetta was a Tuscan painter of the Late Gothic of the Sienese School style, adapting some Renaissance innovations.
Detail of Sassetta's St Thomas Aquinas inspired by the Holy Spirit, 1423, Museum of Art, Budapest
Reconstruction of the Borgo san Sepolcro Altarpiece, reverse side
Saint Francis Abandons His Father.
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 Martin
Sassetta
…Stefano di Giovanni di Consolo, known as il Sassetta (c. 1392–1450) was a Tuscan painter of the Late Gothic of the Sienese School style, adapting some Renaissance innovations. The name Sassetta has been associated with him, mistakenly, only since the 18th century but is now generally…
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