Notable Masters

Cimabue (Cenni di Pepo)

1240 in Florence; † 1302 in Pisa - 13th century - Duecento - Florentine School

Cimabue, also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi, was a prominent Italian painter and mosaic designer from Florence. Despite being heavily influenced by Byzantine art, Cimabue is considered as one of the first great Italian painters to break away from the Italo-Byzantine style. He is credited for introducing more advanced lifelike proportions and shading in his figures, a departure from the flat, stylized figures commonly seen in medieval art at the time. According to Giorgio Vasari, an Italian painter and historian, Cimabue was also the teacher of Giotto, who is widely considered as the first great artist of the Italian Proto-Renaissance.

The Fondazione Federico Zeri provides the most comprehensive database available for Italian art of this era and from this master. The Federico Zeri Catalogue lists 26 unique works (see list 🔗) under Cenni di Pepo (Cimabue).

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Photo credits

  1. Cimabue: Maestà di Santa Trinita, 1290-1300, wikimedia commons, Public domain

  2. Cimabue: The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels, 1280-1285, wikimedia commons, Public domain

  3. Cimabue: Flagellation, ca. 1280, wikimedia commons, Public domain

  4. Cimabue: Madonna with child, 1283-1284, wikimedia commons, Public domain