Turino Vanni

Turino Vanni (late 14th century) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born at Rigoli, a small village near Pisa. The records show that he worked for the Duomo of Pisa between 1390 and 1395. He was an imitator of Taddeo Bartoli. In the church of San Paolo Ripo d'Arno Pisa, is an enthroned Virgin and Child with saints, and adored by four kneeling figures, signed TORINUS VANNIS DE REGULI DEPINXIT A.D. MCCCXCVII. He has also left in a convent of Palermo, a S. Madonna with angels and a signed Madonna is found in the Louvre.

He is identified as the uncle of Nero and Bernado di Nello (Nello di Vanni), a painter circa 1390, said to be a pupil of Orcagna.