Alberto Sotio is considered the central figure of the twelfth century Spoleto school of painting. The master's signature (with handwriting Sotio), was found on the crucifix of the Cathedral of Spoleto in the lower part of the figure of the skull of Adam under the image of Christ with the date 1187,[1] and even further down and precisely on the end of the cross read a fragment of the text A. D. MCLXXXVII. M.... Opus. Alberto. Sotii ....[2] A precious work and in perfect conservation.[3] He is also attributed some of the frescoes in the former church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Spoleto.[4] A fragment from a crucifix attributed to him is a rare example of an early Italian painting, executed on parchment affixed to a wooden panel. This suggests that he may have also worked as a manuscript illuminator.[5] He is also credited with the fragment of the Madonna in Maestà, now preserved in the Pinacoteca di Brera.[6]
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Gnoli, Umberto (1923). Pittori e miniatori nell'Umbria[Painters and illuminators in Umbria] (in Italian). Spoleto: C. Argentieri. p.15.
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Sansi, Achille (1869). Degli edifici e dei frammenti storici delle antiche età di Spoleto: notizie corredate di dodici tavole in rame[Of The Historical Buildings And Fragments Of The Ancient Spoleto Ages] (in Italian). Foligno: Volumnia. A poca distanza sul lato destro della medesima via è la chiesa di S. GIOVANNI E PAOLO in cui conserva il celebra Crocifisso dipinto in pergamena distesa sulla tavola, ove si legge: A. D. MCLXXXVII. M.... Opus. Alberto. Sotii ... Nel sotterraneo (parte della chiesa primitiva) è un affresco di molto anteriore al risorgimento dell'arte, in cui è figurato il Martirio dei SS. Giovanni e Paolo. "Translation: A short distance on the right side of the same street is the church of S. GIOVANNI E PAOLO in which it preserves the famous Crucifix painted in parchment lying on the table, where we read: A. D. MCLXXXVII. M .... Opus. Alberto. Sotii ... In the basement (part of the primitive church) is a fresco much earlier than the Risorgimento of art, in which the Martyrdom of SS. Giovanni and Paolo.
Toesca, Pietro (1927). Storia dell'arte italiana: I. Il medioevo[History of Italian Art, I, The Middle Ages] (in Italian). Vol.1 (1ed.). Torino: Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese. pp.931, 1014, 1025.
Venturi, Adolfo (1907). Storia dell'Arte Italiana (in Italian). Vol.5. Milano: Hoepli. p.3.
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