Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni (1410 – 1480)

• Known as Il Vecchietta.
• Was an Italian Sienese School painter and sculptor.
• Vecchietta was born in Siena.
• It is believed Vecchietta was a pupil of Sassetta, Taddeo di Bartolo, and Jacopo della Quercia.
• Much of his work may be found at the Hospital of Santa Maria della Scala, lending him yet another name: pittor dello spedale (or "painter of the hospital").
• Later, around 1444, he created the Cappella del Sacro Chiodo, also known as the Old Sacristy, decorated with his own work.

• The frescoes included Annunciation, Nativity, and Last Judgment scenes, and an Allegory of the Ladder depicting children climbing to heaven.

• For the high altar of the Church of the Santissima Annunziata, within the Hospital complex, he created a bronze figure of the Risen Christ (signed and dated 1476), which shows the influence of Donatello. 

• Later in his life he was the master of Francesco di Giorgio and Neroccio de’ Landi. 

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