Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Ambrogio Lorenzetti (Italian pronunciation: [amˈbrɔːdʒo lorenˈtsetti]; c. 1290 – 9 June 1348) or Ambruogio Laurati was an Italian painter of the Sienese school. He was active from approximately 1317 to 1348. He painted The Allegory of Good and Bad Government in the Sala dei Nove (Salon of Nine or Council Room) in Siena's Palazzo Pubblico. His elder brother was the painter Pietro Lorenzetti.
Ambrogio Lorenzetti | |
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Portrait in the Life of Artists, by Giorgio Vasari (1568) | |
| Born | c. 1285/1290 |
| Died | 9 June 1348 (aged 57–63) Siena |
| Nationality | Republic of Siena |
| Known for | Painting, fresco |
| Notable work | Allegory of good government, Allegory of bad government |
| Movement | Gothic |
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