ZANINO DI PIETRO
(active 1389, Bologna, d. ca. 1448, Venezia)

Entry of Christ into Jerusalem

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Tempera on panel, gold ground, 31 x 20 cm
Private collection

First documented in Bologna from 1389, Zanino di Pietro there developed his naturalistic style and narrative aptitude. He moved to Venice before 1404, and along with Jacobello del Fiore and Niccolò` di Pietro, Zanino was to become one of the foremost painters in Venice in the early fifteenth century.