gregorio di cecco
Gregorio di Cecco: A Sienese Master of Madonna Enthroned Gregorio di Cecco (c. 1390 – ca. 1424), born in Siena, Italy, stands as a pivotal figure within the Trecento artistic landscape—a transitional period between Gothic and Renaissance styles—and is celebrated primarily for his monumental Madonna Enthroned altarpiece housed in San Gregorio Magno Basilica in Rome. Little biographical information survives about Di Cecco’s early life. He was apprenticed to Giovanni Pisano, a renowned sculptor who had pioneered the Florentine marble sculpture tradition and championed naturalism. This formativ…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of gregorio di cecco's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.