Madonna and Child with Four Saints

The painter of this panel was formerly known as the ‘Pseudo-Ambrogio di Baldese’. This artist was identified with Lippo d’Andrea, an artist named by Vasari as ‘Lippo fiorentino’. There is a confusion in the literature regarding Pseudo-Ambrogio di Baldese. He was also identified with another painter, Ventura di Moro, who was active in Florence in the fifteenth century and specialized in small-scale portable tabernacles destined for private devotion. However, none of Ventura’s recorded works is extant other than two ruined detached frescoes depicting the Story of Saint Peter Martyr painted in 1446 with Rossello Jacopo Franchi for the fa�ade of the Bigallo Oratory in Florence.