Barnaba da Modena (active in 1361-1383)

• Was a mid-14th-century Italian painter.
• He is considered the first Lombard painter of note and was active in Lombardy, Piedmont, and Pisa in Tuscany.
• As his name indicates, the artist was a native of Modena (Emilia).
• The first records regarding Barnaba date to 1361 and 1362 when he had already become a Genoese citizen and was hiring Tuscan assistants.
•His earliest dated paintings relate to his activities in Genoa.
• He produced paintings for the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa in 1364. • His earliest known painting is a polyptych of the Virgin and Child with Saints (Palazzo Bianco, Genoa), which combines the Gothic style of Tuscan polyptychs with Emilian design.
• He was active in 1370 in Turin.
• A painting (1377) by Barnaba was documented by Tiraboschi in the church of San Francesco in Alba.
• Barnaba was a prolific artist who left about 50 works.
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