Tommaso Portinari

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Tommaso Portinari was a 15th-century Florentine banker and Medici agent in Bruges, best known for his influential role in Northern Renaissance art and international finance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian person
Renaissance figure
banker
merchant
patron of the arts
associatedWith House of Medici
Hugo van der Goes
Medici Bank
Portinari Altarpiece
birthPlace Florence
citizenship Republic of Florence
commissioned Portinari Altarpiece
countryOfActivity Burgundian Netherlands
Republic of Florence
deathPlace Florence
employer Medici Bank
era 15th century
ethnicGroup Tuscan
familyName Portinari
fieldOfWork banking
finance
international trade
genreOfActivity art patronage
givenName Tommaso
influenced spread of Flemish painting in Italy
influencedBy Medici banking practices
languageSpoken Italian
Latin
Tuscan
movement Northern Renaissance
name Tommaso Portinari
notableEvent commissioning of the Portinari Altarpiece for the hospital church of Santa Maria Nuova in Florence
notableFor management of the Medici branch in Bruges
role in Northern Renaissance art
role in international finance
notableWork Portinari Altarpiece commission
occupation banker
factor
merchant
patronOf Hugo van der Goes
Northern Renaissance painters
placeOfBusiness Bruges
positionHeld Medici agent in Bruges
manager of the Medici Bank branch in Bruges
religion Catholicism
linked to: Roman Catholicism
residence Bruges
Florence
socialStatus member of Florentine elite
spouse Maria Maddalena Baroncelli

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Hugo van der Goes patron Tommaso Portinari
Portinari Altarpiece originalCommissioner Tommaso Portinari
Portinari Altarpiece depicts Tommaso Portinari
Portinari Altarpiece commissionedBy Tommaso Portinari
Tommaso Portinari name Tommaso Portinari