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Agnolo Gaddi


Agnolo Gaddi (active 1369-1396) was an Italian painter. He was the son of the painter Taddeo Gaddi.

His work includes frescoes in the choir of Santa Croce in Florence (1332-38) as well as:

  • Madonna Enthroned with Saints and Angels http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?7+0+0 (1380/1390), tempera on panel. Triptych, possibly commissioned for a Cistercian monastery.
  • The Coronation of the Virgin http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa
    /wa/work?workNumber=NG568
    (c.1380-90), tempera on wood. This painting is probably the central panel of an altarpiece, possibly from the church of San Giovanni de' Fieri near Pisa.
  • Madonna of Humility with Angels http://www.cummer.org/collection/euro/euro1.htm (mid 1390s), tempera on panel
  • Crucifixion http://www.arca.net/uffizi/img/464.jpg (no date), tempera on wood. Part of a polyptych.

Giorgio Vasari included a biography of Agnolo Gaddi in his Lives.


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