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Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1417, Firenze, d. 1491, Firenze)
Italian painter. He took his name from his teacher, a carver in bone and ivory named Michelino. He was elected to the Compagnia di S Luca in 1442 and joined the Arte dei Medici e degli Speziali on 26 October 1444. In 1459 he received payment from Lorenzo Pucci for a processional banner (untraced) for a confraternity based in S Francesco, Cortona. Four years later he was paid for some figures of saints (untraced) for a cupboard belonging to the Compagnia di S Maria della Purificazione e di S Zanobi,
Michelino
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Dante Reading from the Divine Comedy
Fresco
Florence,Florence Cathedral
1465
ltaly
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