Mariotto di Nardo

Mariotto di Nardo di Cione
Christ in Majesty (c. 1395), Czartoryski Museum, Kraków
Born	before 1365 Florence, Italy
Died	between 1424 and 1427
Nationality	Florentine

Mariotto di Nardo di Cione (fl. 1388–1424) was a Florentine painter. His style belongs to the Florentine Gothic, and shows the influence of Spinello Aretino and Lorenzo Monaco. He worked at the Duomo of Florence, at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and at the Orsanmichele. He painted both frescoes and in oils on panels, and was also active as an illuminator of manuscripts.

Mariotto di Nardo was a Florentine Painter who flourished through 1394-1424. He was the grandson of Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo, and the son of, and also the apprentice of, Nardo di Cione. Nardo had worked in Siena in 1380 and in Volterra in 1381 as a stone-cutter. It was believe that Nardo had nothing to do with the di Cione family, but for a while it was later believed that he was the son of Nardo di Cione. His father trained Mariotto along with his brothers in his crafts. Mariotto's obsession with sculpture influences his paintings, and also his interest in plastic form style paintings were a constant theme through his career of works, which made his art work to be easily identified and separate from his colleagues. With the lack of personal information on Mariotto, there is essentially no information on Mariotto's direct family, or if he had one at all.

His style belongs to the Florentine Gothic, and shows the influence of Spinello Aretinoand Lorenzo Monaco. He worked at the Duomo of Florence, at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, and at the Orsanmichele. He also was heavily influenced by Niccolo di Pietro Gerini with close relationship also to Spinello Aretino. Mariotto's Later style was influence slightly by Lorenzo Monaco.