Italy: Saint Mark, one of The Four Evangelists, seen here in the ceiling vault of the Bacci Chapel, Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo, Tuscany. Fresco by Bicci di Lorenzo (1373 - 1452). (2016)

Bicci di Lorenzo (1373–1452) was an Italian painter and sculptor, active in Florence.

He was born in Florence in 1373, the son of the painter, Lorenzo di Bicci, whose workshop he joined. He married in 1418, and in 1424 was registered in the Guild of Painters at Florence. His son, Neri di Bicci was also a painter and took over the family workshop. Bicci di Lorenzo died in Florence in 1452 and was buried in Santa Maria del Carmine.

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