Agnolo Gaddi (c.1350–1396) was an Italian painter. He was born and died in

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, and was the son of the painter

Taddeo Gaddi Taddeo Gaddi (c. 1290, in Florence – 1366, in Florence) was a medieval Italy, Italian Painting, painter and architect. He was the son of Gaddo di Zanobi, called Gaddo Gaddi. He was a member of Giotto's workshop from 1313 until the master's d ...

,who was himself the major pupil of the Florentine master

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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. 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 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

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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

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he painted, in eight frescoes, the legend of the

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, beginning with the

archangel Michael Michael (; he, מִיכָאֵל, lit=Who is like El od, translit=Mīḵāʾēl; el, Μιχαήλ, translit=Mikhaḗl; la, Michahel; ar, ميخائيل ، مِيكَالَ ، ميكائيل, translit=Mīkāʾīl, Mīkāl, Mīkhāʾīl), also ...

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. Among his pupils was the author of an art treatise,

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, who mentions him in the book.

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included a biography of Agnolo Gaddi in his '' Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects''.

Paintings

* ''

Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints The ''Enthroned Madonna and Child with Saints'' is a triptych painting in tempera and gold leaf on panel (159x198 cm) by Agnolo Gaddi Agnolo Gaddi (c.1350–1396) was an Italian painter. He was born and died in Florence, and was the son ...

'' (c. 1375) tempera on panel at Galleria nazionale di Parma * ''Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels'' (before 1387), tempera on panel, National Gallery of Art,

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Collection, Washington, D.C.. Triptych, possibly commissioned for a Cistercian monastery. * ''Legend of the True Cross'' (1385-1387), frescoe cycle in the choir of Santa Croce,

* ''Madonna and Child with Saint John the Evangelist, Saint John the Baptist, Saint James of Compostela and Saint Nicholas of Bari'' (1388-1390), tempera on panel,

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* ''Coronation of the Virgin with Six Angels'' (c. 1390), tempera on panel, National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection, Washington, D.C.. This painting is probably the central panel of an altarpiece, possibly from the church of San Giovanni dei Fieri, Pisa. * ''The Crucifixion'' (c. 1390) tempera and gold on panel.

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, Madrid * ''Madonna of Humility with Angels'' (mid 1390s), tempera on panel,

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, Jacksonville, Florida *
Madonna and Child with Angels and Saints
', tempera on panel, Palazzo Blu collection *
Crucifixion
' (1390s), tempera on panel. Part of a

polyptych A polyptych ( ; Greek: ''poly-'' "many" and ''ptychē'' "fold") is a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels. Specifically, a "diptych" is a two-part work of art; a " triptych" is a three-part work; a tetrapt ...

. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. * ''Histories of the Virgin and the Cintola'', Prato Cathedral

Gallery

file:The_coronation_of_the_virgin_with_six_angels_1939.1.203.jpg, Agnolo Gaddi, ''Coronation of the Virgin with Six Angels'', c. 1390, tempera on panel, National Gallery of Art

References

External links

National Gallery of Art, Biography''Italian Paintings: Florentine School''
a collection catalog containing information about Gaddi and his works (see pages: 46–49). {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaddi, Agnolo 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Trecento painters Painters from Florence Gothic painters 1350 births 1396 deaths Agnolo Catholic painters