Neri di Bicci. Neri di Bicci was an Italian painter active mainly in Florence.
A prolific painter of mainly religious themes, he worked in the medium of tempera. He studied under his father, Bicci di Lorenzo, who in turn had studied under his father, Lorenzo di Bicci.
All three were part of a lineage of great painters beginning with Neri's grandfather Lorenzo who was a pupil of Spinello Aretino. Neri di Bicci's main works include a St. John Gualbert Enthroned, with Ten Saints for the church of Santa Trinita, an Annunciation in the Florentine Academy, two altarpieces in the Diocesan Museum of San Miniato, a Madonna with Child Enthroned in the Pinacoteca Nazionale of Siena, and a Coronation of the Virgin in the abbey church at San Pietro a Ruoti.
The Ricordanze are a series of journals Neri kept from the years 1453-1475. They include the rates of remuneration for his work, his pupils, and lists of their works.
They are the most extensive 15th century document we have relating to a 15th-century painter and are still preserved in the library of the Uffizi Gallery. When Neri was born in 1419 he was the third in a line of Bicci family artists. It began with his grandfather Lorenzo di Bicci who was a contemporary of Jacopo di Cione and Niccolo di Pietro Gerini. Lorenzo di Bicci is most famous for his Triptych, but also created many notable Madonnas. Neri's father was also an artist and worked closel