About Filippo di Matteo Torelli
Lived 1409 – 1468 (aged 58–59). Filippo di Matteo Torelli was an illuminator and painter.
Filippo di Matteo Torelli (active 1440–1468) was an Italian painter and illuminator.
He was a Florentine miniaturist. In the Laurentian library in Florence there is a finely illuminated Evangelistarium by him, with miniatures of the Adoration of the Kings, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection. In conjunction with Zanobi Strozzi, he illuminated some choir books for the Duomo and for San Marco, in Florence. These miniatures were in one time wrongly attributed to Fra Benedetto, the brother of Fra Angelico.
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Who was Filippo di Matteo Torelli?
Italian illuminator (fl. 1440-1468)
When was Filippo di Matteo Torelli born?
Filippo di Matteo Torelli was born in 1409 in Florence.
When did Filippo di Matteo Torelli die?
Filippo di Matteo Torelli died on 2 May 1468 in Florence.
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Filippo di Matteo Torelli was an illuminator and painter.
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