Pietro di Giovanni d'Ambrogio (1410–1449)
• Was an Italian painter of the Sienese school.
• Most of his surviving pieces date from the 1430s and 1440s.
• The first major work that is still extant is an altarpiece depicting the adoration of the shepherds with Saint Augustine and Saint Galgano, which dates from between 1430 and 1435.
• In addition to his artwork, he also provided miniatures and illustrations for various books.
• Notably the Tractatus de Principatu (1446), now in the Biblioteca Trivulziana, and an Antiphonary, which is held by the Free Library of Philadelphia.
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