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The Master of Borsigliana, also known as Pietro da Talada (active 1463-1499) was an Italian painter active in the Garafagnana, the mountainous corner of modern Tuscany, located North east of Lucca.
Biography
Almost no details are known about his life. He is a provincial painter who mixes influences from both the Tuscan Quattrocento and late Gothic period. He is known from pieces derived from a few religious paintings and predellas, including a tryptych at the church of Santa Maria Assunta, Borsigliana and a painting at Santa Maria Assunta at Stazzema. There is a painting of an enthroned Madonna at the Museo Nazionale of Villa Guinigi in Lucca.
References
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