Allegretto Nuzi, ca. (1315-ca.1373-74)

• Was an Italian painter.
• Nuzi was active in a Gothic style mainly around Fabriano, in the Province of Ancona.
• Nuzi was probably trained in Fabriano by local masters, including the so-called Master of Campodonico.
• Documents verify his presence in Florence in 1346, where he would have encountered works by Giotto and his followers.
• His style has been characterized as Giottesque and Sienese.
• Nuzi primarily worked under commissions for churches, producing religious-themed works.
• In Fabriano, his masterwork are the frescoes in the Chapel of Sant’Orsola in the church of Santa Lucia.

• He also painted some wooden statues now in the Pinacoteca Civica di Bruno Molajoli in Fabriano.

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