Agnolo Gaddi (c.1350–1396) was an Italian painter. He was born and died in Florence, and was the son of the painter Taddeo Gaddi, who was himself the major pupil of the Florentine master Giotto.
Madonna Enthroned with Saints and Angels (before 1387)
Agnolo was a painter and mosaicist, trained by his father, and a merchant as well; in middle age he settled down to commercial life in Venice, and he added greatly to the family wealth. He died in Florence in October 1396.[1]
Agnolo was an influential and prolific artist who was the last major Florentine painter stylistically descended from Giotto. His paintings show much early promise, although Rossetti (1911) suggests his abilities did not progress as he advanced in life. One of the earliest works, at San Jacopo tra i Fossi, Florence, represents the "Resurrection of Lazarus." Another probably youthful performance is the series of frescoes of the Prato Cathedral—legends of the Virgin and of her Sacred Girdle; the "Marriage of Mary" is one of the best of this series, the later compositions in which have suffered much by renewals. In Santa Croce, Florence he painted, in eight frescoes, the legend of the Cross, beginning with the archangel Michael giving Seth a branch from the Tree of Knowledge, and ending with the emperor Heraclius carrying the Cross as he enters Jerusalem; in this picture is a portrait of the painter himself.[1]
Among his pupils was the author of an art treatise, Cennino Cennini, who mentions him in the book.[2][3]
Giorgio Vasari included a biography of Agnolo Gaddi in his Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects.
^ abOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rossetti, William Michael (1911). "Gaddi s.v. 3. Agnolo Gaddi". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 383.
^Cennini, Cennino (1821). Giuseppe Tambroni (ed.). Trattato della Pittura (15th-century original). Rome: Torchi di Paolo Salviucci. pp. iv.
^Cennini, Cennino d'Andrea (1954) [1933]. Daniel V. Thompson, Jr. (ed.). The Craftman's Handbook - "Il Libro dell'Arte". New York: Dover (orig. Yale Univ. Press). pp. 1, 2, 46.
AgnoloGaddi (c.1350–1396) was an Italian painter. He was born and died in Florence, and was the son of the painter Taddeo Gaddi, who was himself the major...
however disputed by modern scholars. He was the father of AgnoloGaddi and Giovanni Gaddi. Stories of the Virgin (north wall), c. 1330, Baroncelli Chapel...
influenced by Giotto. He was a student of AgnoloGaddi in Florence. Gaddi trained under his father, called Taddeo Gaddi, who trained with Giotto. Cennini was...
triptych painting in tempera and gold leaf on panel (159x198 cm) by AgnoloGaddi. It is dated 1375 and preserved in the Galleria nazionale di Parma. Fornari...
by Ferdinando Tacca. The Manassei Chapel was frescoed by a pupil of AgnoloGaddi in the early 15th century with Stories of St Margaret and St James. The...
Lorenzo Costa, Crowning of the Madonna and saints, 1501 Coronation, AgnoloGaddi, 14th century Jean Fouquet, Coronation of the Virgin, 15th century Coronation...
Santa Trìnita and is decorated with panels long thought to be painted by AgnoloGaddi. The terracotta decoration of the vault is by Luca della Robbia. The...
Enguerrand Quarton Giuliano da Rimini, 14th century Paolo Veneziano, 1324 AgnoloGaddi, c. 1380 Martino di Bartolomeo, 1400 German altar, 1413-1422 Gentile...
Vasari, Starnina initially trained with Antonio Veneziano, then with AgnoloGaddi. He is claimed to have participated in the painting of the frescos in...
four cardinal virtues (Fortitude, Temperance, Justice and Prudence) by AgnoloGaddi. Their blue enamelled background is the work of Leonardo, a monk, while...
Saint Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge in Prague (born 1300) 1396: AgnoloGaddi – Italian painter (died 1350) 1393: Fang Congyi – Chinese painter during...
Angels (Andrea del Verrochio) Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints by AgnoloGaddi Enthroned Madonna and Child (Filippo Lippi) Madonna and Child Enthroned...
merchant Francesco Datini. It was decorated by Florentine artists like AgnoloGaddi and Niccolò Gerini. In 1409 it housed Pope Alexander V and Louis of Anjou...
1396) date unknown Jehuda Cresques, Catalan cartographer (d. 1427) AgnoloGaddi, Italian painter (d. 1396) William Gascoigne, Chief Justice of England...
the Ko Ku Yao Lun ("The Essential Criteria of Antiquities"). c. 1380s: AgnoloGaddi works on painting The Coronation of the Virgin, The Finding of the True...
Bartolomeo was enrolled in the Guild of Saint Luke of Florence with AgnoloGaddi since 1394, and worked on the design of the Cappella del Sacro Cingolo...
part dating from the 12th century. On the high altar is a Crucifix by AgnoloGaddi (1390); notable are also a Circumcision by Jacopo Vignali and a Four...
The chapel has frescoes of Stories of the Virgin and the Cintola by AgnoloGaddi (1392–1395). The 18th-century altar, which encloses the Cintola, is crowned...
triptych by Meo da Siena, a Madonna by Andrea Vanni and a triptych by AgnoloGaddi, as well as the notable altarpiece by Signorelli. It has a Marriage of...
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