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Agnolo Gaddi

c. 1350; † 1396 - 14th century - Trecento - Florentine School

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. 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.

The Fondazione Federico Zeri provides the most comprehensive database available for Italian art of this era and from this master. The Federico Zeri Catalogue lists 135 unique works (see list 🔗) under Agnolo Gaddi.

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Photo credits

  1. Agnolo Gaddi: SS. bishop, Petrus, Paulus and a diacon, wikimedia commons, Public domain

  2. Agnolo Gaddi: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John, c. 1386-1389, wikimedia commons, Public domain

  3. Agnolo Gaddi: The Last Supper, c. 1395, wikimedia commons, Public domain

  4. Agnolo Gaddi: St. Mary Magdalene, St. Benedict, St. Bernard of Clairveaux and St. Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1380, wikimedia commons, Public domain