Masaccio

[Italian Early Renaissance Painter, 1401-1428]

• Also known as:	Tommaso di Giovanni Tommaso di Ser Giovanni
• Relationships:	Brother of Giovanni di Ser Giovanni (Lo Scheggia).
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Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Saint Andrew, 1426

Masaccio at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
The Madonna of Humility, ca.1423/24

Masaccio at the National Gallery, London, UK
Saints Jerome and John the Baptist
The Virgin and Child

Art Fund for UK Museums

Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
Monument to the Lenzi family, 1427

Museums of Florence (in Italian)
The Tribute

Museums of Florence (in Italian)
Adam and Eve (detail)

State Museums of Florence Digital Archive, Italy

Pictures from Image Archives:

Masaccio in the Art Renewal Center

Masaccio in the Artchive

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Masaccio at CGFA

Masaccio in the Web Gallery of Art

Wikimedia Commons Image Database

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Artyzm

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)

California State University WorldImages Database

Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)

Humanities Web

Jetset Image Galleries

Olga's Gallery

University of Leipzig, Germany

University of Leipzig, Germany

Other Web Sites:

Adrian Fletcher's Paradoxplace

Adrian Fletcher's Paradoxplace

ArtWatch International
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The National Gallery and Masaccio's Pisa Altarpiece

ArtWatch International
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Restoration of Masaccio's Trinity

ArtWatch International
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Masaccio's The Expulsion of Adam and Eve before and after restoration

ArtWatch International
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Masaccio's The Tribute Money, before and after restoration

Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation

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Articles:

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Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
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Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
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Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists
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The Panel Paintings of Masolino and Masaccio: The Role of Technique

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Masaccio's 'Trinity'

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