Review of Sumptuosa tabula picta: pittori a Lucca tra gotico e rinascimento edited by Maria Teresa Filieri

The review evaluates the volume's comprehensive reassessment of late medieval and early Renaissance painting within the regional territory of Lucca, tracing artistic production through a period of critical stylistic transition from the Late Gothic to the early Renaissance. Boggi examines how the volume challenges traditionally Florence-centric narratives of Tuscan art history by illuminating the distinct aesthetic identities, workshop practices, and local patronage networks unique to Lucca. Furthermore, the review underscores the scholarly significance of the publication's extensive archival apparatus, which provides newly updated documentary profiles and rigorous connoisseurship for secondary regional masters. Ultimately, the review frames the catalogue as an indispensable reference work that substantially advances the historiography of polyptych production and the socio-cultural fabric of early fifteenth-century Tuscan art.