Maso di Banco

Pope Sylvester I turning away a dragon and reviving its victims, by Maso di Banco

Maso di Banco (*?; † 1348^{[citation needed]}) was an Italian painter of the 14th century, who worked in Florence, Italy. He was a pupil of Giotto di Bondone. Maso's name and work are known to us from the autobiography of Lorenzo Ghiberti, I Commentari, which identifies frescoes in the chapel of the Holy Confessors at Santa Croce in Florence as his chief work. The frescoes represent the Life of St. Sylvester (Pope Sylvester I), the Last Judgment, and The Entombment and were probably painted about 1340.

His fresco of a particular judgment is in the Bardi banking family tomb, in a chapel of the Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze. It features Gualtiero de' Bardi asking for his soul before Jesus Christ.

See also

• Nanni di Banco is a sculptor of the early 15th century who is not related to Maso.

A triptych by Maso Di Banco can be seen at the Detroit Institute of Art.There is also a portable altarpiece by Maso Di Banco in the Brooklyn Museum("Madonna and Christ Child with Saints and Scenes From The Life of Christ")

External links

• Gallery of Art Online

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