born с 1284, Siena, Republic of Siena
died 1344, Avignon, Provence
Italian painter.
An exponent of Gothic art , he did much to spread the influence of Sienese painting. Maestà fresco (1315), which depicts the Madonna as a Gothic queen holding court beneath a Gothic canopy. His equestrian portrait of Guidoriccio da Fogliano (1328) was an important precedent for {{link=Renaissance">Renaissance equestrian portraits.