Pietro Cavallini

Painter and artist in mosaic, born in Rome, Italy. A contemporary of Giotto, whom he influenced, his best-known work is the series of mosaics in the Church of Santa Maria at Trastevere, Rome.

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Pietro Cavallini (1259–1330) was an Italian painter and mosaic designer working during the early Renaissance.

His Last Judgment in the Church of St Cecilia- in- Trastevere in Rome, painted circa 1293 demonstrates an artistic style known as Roman naturalism.

In Siena, the influence of classical Roman forms combines with the Byzantine artistic heritage of the region and with northern Gothic influences to form a naturalized painting style known as International Gothic.

In Florence, the influence of classical Roman forms combines with the Byzantine artistic heritage of the region to spark an interest in volumetric, naturalistic paintings and statuary.

Giotto's work in the Arena Chapel (also known as the Scrovegni Chapel) at Padua strongly shows the influence of stylized Roman naturalism in a newly individualized style which would come to characterize the work of Florentine Renaissance artists.

His works include:

Jael and Tisseran (date unknown), watercolour Life of the Virgin (1291), mosaic at Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome, which includes: Annunciation The Birth of Jesus Nativity of the Virgin The Last Judgement (1295-1300), part of fresco cycle at Santa Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome

The apse paintings at San Giorgio in Velabro, Rome, have been attributed to him on the basis of stylistic similarity to the Trastevere paintings.