Barnaba da Modena

Barnaba da Modena (c. 1328-c.1386) was a mid-14th-century Italian painter who painted in the style of Byzantine art.

[1] He is considered the first Lombard painter of note and was active in Lombardy, Piedmont, and Pisa in Tuscany.

Another work, a Virgin and Child (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), shows the influence of Sienese painting in the rounded faces and the gold-striated highlights on Mary's mantle.

This explains his compositional schemes and the use of gold highlights and golden backgrounds, which are typical of Byzantine painting.

[4][5] An eclectic artist who did not follow the new trends that had developed in the 14th century, Barnaba was able to achieve a debt of feeling in his early works through his refined technique.