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Archangelo de' Bianchi

He was consecrated as a bishop in the Sistine Chapel by Scipione Rebiba, Archbishop of Pisa, on September 21, 1566.


Master of 1302

His works were basically Gothic in style, with modernized touches; his name comes from a set of votive frescos painted for bishop Gerardo de' Bianchi, who died in 1302; among these is a Madonna and Child Enthroned with an Angel and John the Baptist, including a portrait of the donor, located in the Baptistry of Parma.


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