Dalmasio, Lippo Scannabecchi

Dalmasio, Lippo Scannabecchi (called Lippo dalle l'Madonne), an Italian painter, was born in Bologna. He was a pupil of Vitale da Bologna, and as early as 1376 far surpassed all his contemporaries. There is a picture, painted by him of The Virgin, in the Church of San Petronio, at Bologna. He died about 1410. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. ; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.