600 years late, a forgotten Italian artist gets his first show — and it’s remarkable

Waldemar Januszczak | Waldemar.tv | 16th December 2023

If an artist is forgotten for 600 years, shouldn’t art history just move on? In the case of Pesellino, the answer is no. In his short life he won patronage from Florence’s Medici and Rome’s papal court. His few works are small but masterpieces of narrative clarity, finely drafted details and spatial clarity. So, why forgotten? Perhaps simply because his output was small – and often misattributed – and because he liked to collaborate. Says a London critic “the loveliest winter exhibition in years”. More images are here.