The Master of the Bambino Vispo ('The Master of the Lively Child') is now thought to be identifiable with Starnina, a painter who may have worked in Spain (Valencia) and then in Florence in the early 15th century. He is credited with a number of pictures in a markedly International Gothic style. 'A Last Judgement' (Alte Pinakothek, Munich) attributed to him may date from 1415.
Gherardo di Jacopo Starnina (Master of the Bambino Vispo)
about 1364 - 1413
Paintings by Gherardo di Jacopo Starnina (Master of the Bambino Vispo)
The small size and rectangular shape of this panel indicate that it once formed part of a predella – that is the lowest section of an altarpiece. Predellas usually illustrated events from the lives of the saints depicted in the main section of the altarpiece. The saint who is about to be beheaded...