The Flight into Egypt (c.1405) Tempera on poplar, 21,2 x 35,5 cm Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg
Lorenzo Monaco (born Piero di Giovannic.1370-1425) was a Florentinepainter. He joined the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence in 1391. (His name translates as "Lawrence the Monk".) His work shows the influence of the International Gothic style of the late fourteenth century, as well as that of the Sienese school.
His works include:
Madonna and Child with Saints (http://cgi.www.sandiegomuseum.org/cgi-bin/www.sandiegomuseum.org/image.pl?mode=&painting=9437&axis=1052066455) (1395-1402)
An altarpiece depicting the Coronation of the Virgin (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG1897) (c.1407-9) painted for the Camaldolese monastery
Incidents in the Life of Saint Benedict (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG4062) (c.1407-9)
The Nativity (http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/view1.asp?dep=15&full=0&item=1975%2E1%2E66) (1409), a panel believed to form part of a predella
An altarpiece of the Coronation of the Virgin (http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/Dipinti/lormonincoE5.html) (1414) also for Santa Maria degli Angeli
Adoration of the Magi (http://musa.uffizi.firenze.it/Dipinti/loreadoraE5.html) (1422)
Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Lorenzo Monaco in his Lives.
Lorenzo the Magnificent is, withouth doubt, the most important and significant member of the Medici family from all points of view.
Lorenzo began his public life very early and he succeeded his father when he was not yet twenty-one.
Lorenzo died peacefully in the night between April 8 and 9, 1492 in the Villa of Careggi Florence was deeply shaken by his death which left an immense void in the world.
He rose to the rank of deacon, but in 1402 he was enrolled in the painters' guild under his lay name, Piero di Giovanni (LorenzoMonaco means 'Laurence the Monk'), and was living outside the monastery.
The monastery was renowned for its manuscript illuminations and several miniatures in books in the Laurentian Library in Florence have been attributed to him, but he was primarily a painter of altarpieces, good examples of which are in the National Gallery in London and the Uffizi in Florence.
LorenzoMonaco was an artist whose work bridged the 14th and 15th centuries, between the Trecento art of Duccio and Giotto and the Quattrocento painting of Masaccio and Fra Angelico - upon whom Monaco was an important influence.
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