Neri di Bicci

Neri di Bicci (1419–1491)

• Was an Italian painter active mainly in Florence.
• A prolific painter of mainly religious themes, he worked in the medium of tempera.
• He studied under his father, Bicci di Lorenzo, who in turn had studied under his father, Lorenzo di Bicci.
• All three were part of a lineage of great painters beginning with Neri's grandfather Lorenzo who was a pupil of Spinello Aretino.
• The Ricordanze are a series of journals Neri kept from the years 1453–1475.
• They include the rates of remuneration for his work, his pupils, and lists of their works.
• They are the most extensive 15th century document we have relating to a 15th-century painter and are still preserved in the library of the Uffizi Gallery.
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Neri di Bicci, Saint Thomas Receiving the Virgin's Belt with Saints Michael Archangel, Augustine, Margaret of Antioch, and Catherine of Alexandria, 1467

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018, 2020.

Neri di Bicci, Saint Thomas Receiving the Virgin's Belt with Saints Michael Archangel, Augustine, Margaret of Antioch, and Catherine of Alexandria, 1467

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels, c. (1445)

Original, Museum of Fine Arts-Boston. Visited in 2018.

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Four Angels, c. (1445)

Neri di Bicci - Three Predella Panels (15th century)

Neri di Bicci - Three Predella Panels - Tobias and the Angel, Cosmas and Saint Damian (left), (15th century)

Neri di Bicci - Three Predella Panels - The Nativity (middle), (15th century)

Saint Thomas Receiving the Virgin's Belt with Saints Michael Archangel, Augustine, Margaret of Antioch, and Catherine of Alexandria (1467) Neri di Bicci - Three Predella Panels - Saint Ursula and Saint Jerome (right), (15th century)