Free Copy of Giotto's "Navicella" (recto); Copy of Adam in Masaccio's "Expulsion from the Garden of Eden", and other Figure Studies (verso)

1415·Pen and brown ink (recto and verso). glued onto a secondary backing sheet of paper drawn in pen and brown ink, over black chalk·Overall: 10 13/16 x 15 3/8 in. (27.5 x 39 cm)

Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1917

Catalogue

Year: 1415
Medium: Pen and brown ink (recto and verso). glued onto a secondary backing sheet of paper drawn in pen and brown ink, over black chalk
Dimensions: Overall: 10 13/16 x 15 3/8 in. (27.5 x 39 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Parri Spinelli

Artist

Parri Spinelli

Painting

Parri Spinelli was an Italian (Tuscan) painter of the early renaissance who was born in the Province of Arezzo. His father and teacher was Spinello Aretino (1350–1410), who was active throughout Tuscany. Parri Spinelli lived in Florence from 1411 or 1412 to 1419, and was a member of the workshop of Lorenzo Ghiberti. He became the most important painter in Arezzo upon his return. Spinelli died in 1453 in Arezzo Province. His paintings are notable for their bold colors and figures that are more elongated than those of his predecessors.

Tuscany

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