The Flight into Egypt (c. 1405) Tempera on poplar, 21,2 x 35,5 cm
Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg

Lorenzo Monaco (born Piero di Giovanni c.1370-1425) was a Florentine painter. Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e He joined the Camaldolese monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence in 1391, but he left monastic life before making a lifetime commitment. The Camaldolese are part of the Benedictine family of Monastic communities which follow the way of life outlined in the Rule of St Florence ( Italian: Firenze Florentia and Fiorenza) is the Capital City of the Italian region of Tuscany Despite this fact, he has traditionally been called "Lawrence the Monk. " His work shows the influence of the International Gothic style of the late fourteenth century, as well as that of the Sienese school. International Gothic is a phase of Gothic art which developed in Burgundy, Bohemia, France and northern Italy in the late The Sienese School of Painting flourished in Siena, Italy between the 13th and 15th centuries and for a time rivaled Florence

His works include:

• Madonna and Child with Saints (1395-1402)
• An altarpiece depicting the Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1407-9) painted for the Camaldolese monastery
• Incidents in the Life of Saint Benedict (c. 1407-9)
• The Nativity (1409), a panel believed to form part of a predella
• An altarpiece of the Coronation of the Virgin (1414) also for Santa Maria degli Angeli
• Adoration of the Magi (1422)

Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Lorenzo Monaco in his Lives. A predella is the platform or step on which an Altar stands ( predalla It Giorgio Vasari ( 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter and Architect, who is today famous The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters Sculptors and Architects, or Le Vite delle più eccellenti pittori scultori ed architettori as it was originally known