Master of the Story of Griselda, active (1490-1500)
• Was an Italian artist who specialized in panel paintings.
• He worked in Umbria around 1490.
• There is no evidence of him after 1500.
• He received his notname from a group of paintings depicting the story of Griselda, as recounted by Giovanni Boccaccio in his Decameron.
• The works are classified as spalliere and belonged to the Piccolominis or the Spannocchis.
• At that time, prominent families often commissioned panel paintings for their private rooms; or to celebrate weddings and births.
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