An active painter in Florence
Puccio works in a city where Giotto's legacy still structures the sacred narrative. This milestone sheds light on the "Puccio di Simone" collection by favoring color.
Florence, active around 1340 -1362 · Nativity, gold and predella story
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Florence, active around 1340 -1362 · Nativity, gold and predella story
Puccio di Simone is a Florentine painter documented from around 1340 and died between 1358 and 1362. He belongs to the generation which extends and transforms Giotto's legacy in the middle of the Trecento. The Nativity, painted around 1350 in tempera on wood with a gold background, measures 20 × 38.1 cm. Its low, elongated format probably indicates a place in the predella of an altarpiece, this narrative strip located under the main image. Puccio condenses the event into a readable succession of figures, shelters and gestures. Gold does not describe a natural sky: it unites the episodes and places the birth in sacred time. The small format nevertheless invites us to observe the concrete details, from Mary's protective attitude to the presence of Joseph and the animals. The "Puccio di Simone" selection notably compares The Nativity. His reading favors color.
Gold suspends time; the predella format, however, sets the story in motion, from one gesture to another.
Course & style
Puccio works in a city where Giotto's legacy still structures the sacred narrative. This milestone sheds light on the "Puccio di Simone" collection by favoring color.
The horizontal format organizes the birth of Christ in a compact and readable story.
The last traces place his death in the early 1360s.
The panel brings together several actors without losing the clarity of the event. This line guides a reading of "Puccio di Simone" centered on color.
The low height favors horizontal reading under an altarpiece.
The background connects the scene to the liturgical world rather than an ordinary landscape.
Body and shelter retain the spatial ambition resulting from the Giottesque revolution.
Explore by universe
Cave, Mother, Child and Gold give a predella fragment a complete narrative presence.
His body and his gaze organize the proximity with the newborn.
For tenderness. Reading "Puccio di Simone" through color.Physical smallness becomes the theological focus of the panel.
For the sacredThe format indicates an image designed to interact with a larger whole.
For the objectThe luminous surface removes the Nativity from everyday life without erasing its human details.
For the materialThe Virgin, Child and their entourage are organized in a horizontal scene intended for an altarpiece.
Landmark work by Puccio di SimoneThe panel brings together several actors without losing the clarity of the event. This line guides a reading of "Puccio di Simone" centered on color.
Reading key for Puccio di SimoneWorks to discover
A Florentine panel around 1350 where the width, tempera and gold background transform the birth into a predella story.
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A medium horizontal format will retain the logic of the predella. An ancient gilding or brown wood with gold fillet will emphasize the liturgical surface.
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