(fl ?1366; d c. 1414–15). Italian painter. He worked mainly in Florence, although he also carried out commissions in Pisa and Prato. He is first definitely recorded in 1368 as a member of the Arte dei Medici e Speziali in Florence but is almost certainly identifiable with the ‘Niccolò dipintore’ who collaborated withJacopo di Cione (see Cione, Jacopo di) in 1366 on frescoes for the Guildhall of the Judges and Notaries in Florence (destr.). It is also likely that he is the ‘Niccolaio dipintore’ who worked with Jacopo di Cione on the altarpiece of the Coronation of the Virgin (London, N.G.) for S Pier Maggiore, Florence, in 1370. In November of that year he was paid 12 gold florins ‘per disegnare la tavola dell’altare’, on which he had worked for 14 days. He probably designed the altarpiece and the elaborate throne canopy and left the execution to Jacopo di Cione. He is again documented as working with Jacopo di Cione on a ...