\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 Italian painter. \par
The brother of Ambrogio, he worked in Arezzo, Florence, and Assisi, as well as Siena. His painting blends the
styles of Duccio di Buoninsegna and Giotto. The earliest of his works to have survived is the \i Madonna and Child between Saints Francis and John the Baptist\i0 (Assisi, lower basilica of San Francesco, Orsini Chapel). The \i Polyptych\i0 for the pari
sh church of Santa Maria in Arezzo, which marks the peak of his influence by Duccio, dates from the same period. The later frescoes in the monastery of San Francesco at Siena, painted in collaboration with his brother, reveal the effects of his contact w
ith the art of Giotto. The frescoes depicting \i Scenes of the Passion\i0 in the lower basilica of Assisi (1335/36-1339/40) are one of his most significant works, in which the solidly sculptural quality of the figures remains with a naturalist represent
