LORENZO MONACO (circa 1370 - circa 1425); in the century Piero di Giovanni; a monk; painter and Italian miniator considered the last major exponent of Giottesco style; before the Renaissance innovations of Beato Angelico and Masaccio. The portrait is enclosed in a frame decorated with putti that hold the tools of art and an allegory of painting. Colored illustration on a 16th century xylographic basis; from the treaty 'Le Vite de' the most outstanding painters; sculptors and architects' by Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 - 27 June 1574); second enlarged and revised edition; Giunti; Florence 1568