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Italian Illuminator · 1433–1484

Francesco di Antonio del Chierico, an illuminator and goldsmith, was one of the most prolific manuscript painters of the fifteenth century in Florence. He worked for Cosimo, Piero and Lorenzo de Medici as well as Federigo da Montefeltro. He was also an associate of the renowned bookseller Vespasiano da Bisticci, who helped him acquire patrons beyond Italy, such as Ferdinand I of Naples, Louis XI o