Neri di Bicci was the second son and pupil of Bicci di lorenzo . He was the last artist in a family, whose workshop can be traced back to his grandfather Lorenzo di bicci .

Under Neri’s direction, the workshop was extremely successful and catered to a wide number of patrons. The details of its activity, including the names of the many pupils and assistants that passed through it, are recorded from 1453 to 1475 in the workshop diary. This journal, the most extensive surviving document relating to a 15th-century painter, is preserved in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. From the journal recordings one can patch together the most important events of Neri’s life and one can reconstruct h...