Puccio di Simone, (painter), Florentine, active c. 1330 - 1360, Allegretto Nuzi, (painter), Umbrian, active from c. 1340; died 1373, Saint Venantius, 1354, tempera on panel, painted surface: 89.2 x 33 cm (35 1/8 x 13 in.), overall (with cradle): 91 × 34.2 × 2.5 cm (35 13/16 × 13 7/16 × 1 in.), framed: 123.8 x 43.2 x 8.3 cm (48 3/4 x 17 x 3 1/4 in.), The creation of works of art during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance was often a collaborative process. This panel is part of a triptych painted by two artists:, Puccio di Simone (Florentine, active c. 1330 - 1360), who painted the center and right-hand panels, and, Allegretto Nuzi (Umbrian, active from c. 1340; died 1373), who painted the left-hand panel. The partnership of these two artists is a bit unusual, since they were not based in the same city. Allegretto was from Fabriano in the Marches region along the Adriatic coast. Puccio was regarded among the best artists in Florence—perhaps that is why he was called in to help with this altarpiece that was made for a church in Allegretto’s hometown. The church was dedicated to Saint Anthony Abbot, who appears here twice, in the left-hand wing and again as one of the four saints gathered with the angels at the throne of the Virgin and Child.

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