Lorenzo Monaco(Italian: Lorenzo the Monk), Italian“Lorenzo the Monk”original name Piero Di di Giovanni  ( born c. 1370 /71 , Siena Siena, Republic of Siena—died Siena [Italy]—died c. 1425 , Florence )  Italian painter in the International Gothic style whose work combined the rhythmic, graceful flow of line and decorative feeling of the Sienese school with the Florentine traditions of the followers of Giotto. He took the vows of the Camaldolese order in 1391 and lived mostly for a time at the monastery of Sta. Santa Maria degli Angeli, in Florence.

His large polyptych “Madonna Madonna and Child” Child (1406–10; Uffizi, Florence) and the “Coronation Coronation of the Virgin” Virgin (1413; Uffizi, Florence) reflect his typically blond palette, his predilection for swirling draperies and rhythmic , curvilinear forms, and his knowledgeable use of light. Lorenzo’s feeling for decorative composition and expressive line is especially evident in his small predella pieces, such as the three small fragments at the Accademia in Florence, representing the “Nativity Nativity, the “Life Life of a Hermit, and a stormy seascape. Such late works as his “Adoration Adoration of the Magi” Magi (c. 1422; Uffizi, Florence) show Lorenzo’s mature sense of design. During the final years of his life, he was influenced by the naturalism of Lorenzo Ghiberti, as can be seen in his frescoes of the “Life Life of the Virgin” Virgin and the “Annunciation Altarpiece” Annunciation Altarpiece (1420–24; both in the Bartolini Chapel, Sta. Santa Trinità, Florence). He was also a miniaturist, but no illuminations have been assigned to him with certaintynoted miniaturist.