Word: spinello
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Sachs '00, Assistant Director, in a current issue of the Graduates' Magazine. Of the many paintings which have been added during this time perhaps the most notable are these: a highly important "Annunciation" by the 14th century Siennese painter, Andrea Vanni; three parts of an altar-piece by Spinello Aretino; a superb little picture of "Christ in Limbo" in an almost perfect state of preservation painted by the 15th century artist, Stefano di Giovanni; and, lastly, a very fine portrait of Nicolas Triest, Baron d'Auweghem, painted by Van Dyck in his early manner...
...auction sale held in London last week, the Fogg Museum acquired parts of a large altarpiece by Spinello Aretino, the central panel of which is now in the Fogg Museum. This picture was described by Vasari as being painted for the convent of Monte Oliveto, near Siena, in 1385. The great altarpiece has long since been dismembered and scattered. Certain parts are in Siena, some are in Budapest, and the central panel, representing the Madonna and Child and Angels, went first to a collection in Florence, later to London, and has now been in the Fogg Museum for eleven years...
...with the best work of Lorenzetti. It is the oldest painting in the Fogg Museum. Lorenzetti was active between 1323 and 1348, and this painting, even if executed by one of his pupils, was probably painted before 1350. The next earliest painting to this is a picture attributed to Spinello Aretino, which was probably painted in the year...