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Jacobello del Fiore

Master of International Gothic

Jacobello del Fiore, Triptych, 15th century; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice (2)

Jacobello del Fiore (c. 1370–1439), was the son of a painter, Francesco del Fiore, and became one of the great masters of International Gothic working in Venice.

Jacobello del Fiore, Madonna della Misericordia with Saints, 14th century; Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice (1)

He was very fond of raised gold embossing, and taught Carlo Crivelli, the famous painter of Madonnas with cucumbers. Jacobello's surviving paintings in Venice are in the Museo Correr and the Accademia.

Venetian Gothic

Artists

Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls

Images by Richard Mortel