Vecchietta’s work is defined by its medieval sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Pope Pius II, frontispiece to a Constitution of the Sienese Church of the Year 1464
Italian (Siena) after Vecchietta (Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni) (Italian, 1410-1480)

Temptation of Saint Anthony
Attributed to Pietro della Vecchia (Italian, 1605-1678) or Vecchietta (Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni) (Italian, 1410-1480) or Piero di Cosimo (Italian, 1462-1521)

Saint Joseph with the Child Jesus in his Carpentry Shop
Attributed to Pietro della Vecchia (Italian, 1605-1678) or Vecchietta (Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni) (Italian, 1410-1480) or the School of Alessandro Magnasco (Italian, 1667-1749)

Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist
Bartolomeo di Giovanni (Italian, active c. 1465-1501)

The Adventures of Ulysses
Apollonio di Giovanni (Italian, 1415/17-1465)

Virgin and Child with Saints Jerome, Bernardino of Siena, and Angels
Sano di Pietro (Italian, 1405–1481)

The Dream of Saint Jerome
Matteo di Giovanni (Italian, c. 1430–1495)

Saint John the Baptist Entering the Wilderness
Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1398–1482)

Ecce Agnus Dei
Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1398–1482)

Saint Benedict Presenting his Rule to Benedictine and Cistercian Monks in a Historiated Initial "O" from a Choirbook
Italian (Siena) Martino di Bartolomeo (Italian, 1389-1434/5) 1394/95

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1398–1482)

Saint Augustine's Vision of Saints Jerome and John the Baptist
Matteo di Giovanni (Italian, c. 1430–1495)

Saint John the Baptist in Prison Visited by Two Disciples
Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1398–1482)

Salome Asking Herod for the Head of Saint John the Baptist
Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1398–1482)

The Head of Saint John the Baptist Brought before Herod
Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1398–1482)

Two Putti
Matteo di Giovanni (Italian, c. 1430–1495)

Nativity in an Initial H
Zanino di Pietro (Giovanni di Francia) Italian, active 1389-1448

Virgin and Child
Attributed to Giovanni di Fondulis (Italian, active 1468–91)

The Continence of Scipio
Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni (Italian, 1415/17–1465) Marco del Buono Giamberti (Italian, 1403–1489)

Presentation of Christ
After Lorenzo di Ottavio Costa Italian, c. 1460-1535