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PIETRO CAVALLINI (c. 1259-1344)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 563 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CAVALLINI (c. 1259-1344)  , See also:Italian painter, See also:born in See also:Rome, was an artist of the earliest See also:epoch of the See also:modern See also:Roman school, and was taught See also:painting and See also:mosaic by See also:Giotto while employed at Rome; it is believed that he assisted his See also:master in the mosaic of the Navicella or See also:ship of St See also:Peter, in the See also:porch of the See also:church of that See also:saint . He also studied under the See also:Cosmati . See also:Lanzi describes him as an See also:adept in both arts, and mentions with approbation his See also:grand See also:fresco of a Crucifixion at See also:Assisi, still in tolerable preservation; he was, moreover, versed in See also:architecture and in See also:sculpture . According to See also:George See also:Vertue, it is highly, probable that See also:Cavallini executed, in 1279, the mosaics and other ornaments of the See also:tomb of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor in See also:Westminster See also:Abbey . He would thus be the " Petrus Civis See also:Romanus " whose name is inscribed on the See also:shrine; but a comparison of See also:dates invalidates this surmise . He died in 1344, at the See also:age of eighty-five, in the odour of sanctity, having in his later years been a See also:man of eminent piety . He is said to have carved for the See also:Basilica of See also:San See also:Paolo fuori le Mura, See also:close to Rome, a crucifix which spoke in 1370 to a See also:female saint .

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