Allegretto Nuzi

(b Fabriano, 1316-20; d Fabriano, between 26 Sept 1373 and 28 Sept 1374). Italian painter. He was probably trained in Fabriano by local masters who introduced him indirectly to Giottesque and Sienese influences. Familiarity with the work of an anonymous artist responsible for the frescoes (Urbino, Pal. Ducale) from S Biagio in Caprile also contributed to his early style. Nuzi's first signed and dated work is a Maest? of 1345, believed to have been painted for S Domenico (formerly S Lucia) in Fabriano. This altarpiece is a close contemporary of two frescoes in the sacristy of the same church, which have been ascribed to his hand following their restoration in the mid-1970s (Donnini, 1975). Of these two, the Virgin and Child is especially notable for its unusual iconography, delicate colours and the modelling of the forms.

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