The Master of the Sienese Straus Madonna (active c. 1340 – 1360), was an Italian painter.See separate chapters in Carolyn C. Wilson, Italian paintings XIV-XVI centuries in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Rice University Press, 1996.
Biography He was active in Siena and is named after a depiction of a Madonna and Child donated by the Straus family to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.Virgin and Child, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Accession Number 44.564. He is considered to be the same person as Master of the Ashmolean Crucifixion.Colum Hourihane (ed), The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture, Volume 1, Oxford University Press, 2012; p. 247
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