Bartolommeo Bulgarini (1300 - 1378): A Synthesis of Byzantine Tradition and Florentine Innovation Bartolomeo Bulgarini, born around 1300 in Siena, stands as one of the most prominent figures within the Trecento Sienese artistic landscape. His legacy rests upon a remarkable corpus of paintings—primarily altarpieces—that exemplify a masterful fusion of Byzantine influences with emerging Florentine stylistic tendencies. While biographical details remain scarce, scholarly consensus points to his formative years spent in Siena’s noble milieu, where familial connections undoubtedly fostered opport…