Coppo di Marcovaldo. Coppo di Marcovaldo was a Florentine painter active in the middle of the thirteenth century, whose fusion of both the Italian and Byzantine styles had great influence ongenerations of Italian artists.
Coppo di Marcovaldo is one of the better-known Duecento artists and is the first Florentine artist whose name and works are well documented. One of the earliest references to Coppo is found in the Book of Montaperti where his name is listed amongst Florentines soldiers for the war with Siena, which ended at the Battle of Montaperti on September 4, 1260.
It is speculated by many historians that Coppo was taken prisoner by the Sienese where he was then held at the church of Santa Maria dei Servi. It was here in 1261 that he painted his most famous work The Madonna del Bordone for the order of the Servites.
Assumed to be a prisoner of war, the question is raised as to why a Florentine artist was asked to execute such an important Sienese painting. It must be assumed that Coppo was already well known and highly regarded at this time for the Sienese to have commissioned him within a year of the bloody conflict with Florence.
The Madonna del Bordone is the only surviving documented work by Coppo and it is believed that his signature and the date were still visible on the painting around 1625. The panel of the painting is unusually large for the time measuring 220 cm x 125 cm, approximat
Coppo di Marcovaldo is one of the better-known Duecento artists and is the first Florentine artist whose name and works are well documented. One of the earliest references to Coppo is found in the Book of Montaperti where his name is listed amongst Florentines soldiers for the war with Siena, which ended at the Battle of Montaperti on September 4, 1260.
It is speculated by many historians that Coppo was taken prisoner by the Sienese where he was then held at the church of Santa Maria dei Servi. It was here in 1261 that he painted his most famous work The Madonna del Bordone for the order of the Servites.
Assumed to be a prisoner of war, the question is raised as to why a Florentine artist was asked to execute such an important Sienese painting. It must be assumed that Coppo was already well known and highly regarded at this time for the Sienese to have commissioned him within a year of the bloody conflict with Florence.
The Madonna del Bordone is the only surviving documented work by Coppo and it is believed that his signature and the date were still visible on the painting around 1625. The panel of the painting is unusually large for the time measuring 220 cm x 125 cm, approximat
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