Lorenzetti

[ lawr-uhn-zet-ee; Italian law-ren-dzet-tee ]

noun

Am·bro·gio [ahm-braw-jaw], /ɑmˈbrɔ dʒɔ/, c1319–48, and his brother, Pie·tro [pye-traw], /ˈpyɛ trɔ/, c1305–48, Italian painters.

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This painter was the elder brother of Ambrogio Lorenzetti , and first appears as an artist in 1305.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools | Various
Ambrogio, the younger brother of Pietro Lorenzetti (see 1113), was the greatest of the early Sienese painters.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools | Various
In 1337 they appointed Ambrogio Lorenzetti to decorate their meeting-place with allegorical frescoes.
The Story of Siena and San Gimignano | Edmund G. Gardner
Beyond is the chapel of the confraternity, with remains of frescoes by some pupil of Ambrogio Lorenzetti.
The Story of Siena and San Gimignano | Edmund G. Gardner
Raphael is buried beneath the base of the statue called la Madonna del Sasso, sculptured by Lorenzetti.
Italy, the Magic Land | Lilian Whiting

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