Tommaso del Mazza

Tommaso del Mazza, also known as the Master of Santa Verdiana, (active 1377 - 1392) was an Italian painter.

Coronation of the Virgin (1380-1395), Museum of the Louvre

Biography

He trained in Florence, initially in the studio of Andrea Orcagna, but later with his brother Jacopo di Cione. He painted in typical Gothic art style, with gilded backgrounds.^[1]

Among his known works are:

• Annunciation at the Getty Museum in California, likely originating from the Piccolomini Chapel at the Church of San Francesco, Pienza.^[2]
• Madonna and Child with Six Saints (1390) at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia.^[3]
• Series of Panels with Passion and Life & Coronation of Virgin Scenes (1365-1375) putatively from the Oratory of the Confraternity of Jesus and the Cross in Florence (Confraternita di Gesu e della Croce)^[4]
• Coronation of the Virgin (1380-1390) at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France

References

1. Getty Museum, artist biographies.
2. Getty Museum, Annunciation entry.
3. High Museum of Art, European Art Collection.
4. Una tavoletta inedita di Tommaso del Mazza proveniente dall'Etruria Pittrice del Marchese Alfonso Tacoli-Canacci, Vincenzo Buonocore, Arte Cristiana, November 2002 article.