PAOLO, VENEZIANO

born c. 1300?, Venice died Sept. 1362, Venice also called Master Paolo a principal Venetian painter of the Byzantine style in 14th-century Venice. Paolo and his son Giovanni signed a Coronation of the Virgin (Frick Collection, New York City) in 1358 that is the last known work by him. A second Coronation of the Virgin (National Gallery, Washington, D.C.), which is dated 1324, is also attributed to Paolo. Other known works of Paolo's are dated 1333, 1347, and 1353. Paolo's style exhibits the conventional gold-threaded draperies, flat space, and static compositions of the Byzantine style, but in some of his works an Italian-inspired fluidity is evident.