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Masaccio

Also known as Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, Mazachcho, Mazzacio, Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone Cassai, Massacio, Tommaso Di Giovanni Di Simone Guidi Masaccio, Tommaso di ser Giovanni di Mone Guidi, Tommaso Guidi Masaccio

Masaccio (, ; ; December 21, 1401 – summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a Florentine artist who is regarded as the first great Italian painter of the Quattrocento period of the Italian Renaissance. According to Vasari, Masaccio was the best painter of his generation because of his skill at imitating nature, recreating lifelike figures and movements as well as a convincing sense of three-dimensionality. He employed nudes and foreshortenings in his figures. This had seldom been done before him.

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Masaccio was a Florentine painter (1401–1428) who is considered the first great Italian painter of the Renaissance period, known for his revolutionary ability to paint lifelike figures with convincing three-dimensionality. His innovative techniques—including the use of nudes and foreshortening—were rarely attempted before him and established new standards for realistic representation in painting.

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Born: 21 December 1401
Died: 1428
Works: 22

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Key facts

Artist.name: Masaccio
Artist.image: Masaccio_Self_Portrait.jpg
Artist.caption: Detail of St. Peter Raising the Son of Theophilus and St. Peter Enthroned as First Bishop of Antioch, Brancacci Chapel, S. Maria del Carmine, Florence
Artist.birth_name: Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Mone (Simone) Cassai
Artist.birth_place: San Giovanni Valdarno, Republic of Florence
Artist.death_date: latter half of 1428 (aged 26)
Artist.death_place: Rome, Papal States
Artist.field: Painting, Fresco
Artist.movement: Early Renaissance
Artist.works: Brancacci Chapel (Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Tribute Money) Pisa Altarpiece 1426Holy Trinity
Artist.patrons: Felice de Michele Brancacci ser Giuliano di Colino degli Scarsi da San Giusto

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Image: Masaccio Self Portrait.jpg

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Commons category: Masaccio
date of birth: 1401-12-21
date of death: 1428-01-01
Commons Creator page: Masaccio
Commons gallery: Masaccio
name in native language: Masaccio
name: Maso di Ser Giovanni

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Masaccio, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Article

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Contents

Early life
First works
Maturity
Brancacci Chapel
Works of the chapel
''Pisa Altarpiece''
''Holy Trinity''
Other paintings
Legacy
Main works
See also
References
External links

The name Masaccio is a humorous version of Maso (short for Tommaso), meaning "clumsy" or "messy" Tom. The name may have been created to distinguish him from his principal collaborator, also called Maso, who came to be known as Masolino ("little/delicate Tom").