Agnolo Gaddi

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Illustration of Agnolo Gaddi in Le vite dei più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architetti by Giorgio Vasari
Incoronazione della Vergine (around 1380); at the National Gallery

Agnolo Gaddi (* around 1350 in Florence ; † October 16, 1396 ibid) was an Italian painter .

Life

Agnolo Gaddi was the son of the painter Taddeo Gaddi , from whom he also received his first artistic lessons. The painter Gaddo Gaddi was his grandfather. From an early age, in order to earn a living, Gaddi had to do a commercial job alongside his artistic vocation.

In the Chapel of the Mariae Belt in Prato , he portrayed the story of Mary and the legend of her belt in frescoes. Gaddi decorated the Franciscan Church of Santa Croce in Florence with frescoes depicting the finding of the cross. Altar paintings by him are in the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella (Florence) and the Church of Santo Spirito . In the years 1381-1387 he made drawings for figures at the Loggia de 'Signori ( Loggia dei Lanzi ) and the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore , which were executed in marble.

In the last years of his life, Gaddi was hardly an artist, but almost exclusively as a merchant. However, between 1392 and 1395 he and his brother Giovanni accepted some commissioned works from Pope Urban V in the Vatican , which are no longer preserved today. The painter died on October 16, 1396 in Florence at the age of about 45.

Selection of works

  • Finding of the cross (from scenes from the legend of the Holy Cross), fresco. Florence, Cappella Maggiore.
  • Scenes from the legends of Saint Nicholas of Bari, Johannes d. T., Johannes d. E. and Abbot Antonius,
  • Scenes from the Legend of the Holy Belt, between 1392 and 1396, Prato
  • Dream of Constantine (from scenes from the legend of the Holy Cross), fresco. Florence, Cappella Maggiore.
  • The three Gaddi, 1389 tempera on wood 47 × 89 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

literature

  • Günter Arnolds (Red.): Painting of the Occident. A collection of pictures from early Christian to contemporary painting. FA Herbig publishing house, Berlin-Grunewald 1955.
  • Jean K. Cadogan: The social identity of Agnolo Gaddi and his family. A Florentine “success story” . In: Journal for Art History . tape 74 , issue 2. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2011, p. 153-176 , JSTOR : 41310767 (English).
  • Ada Labriola:  GADDI, Agnolo. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 51:  Gabbiani-Gamba. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1998.
  • Osvald Sirén : Angelo (Agnolo) di Taddeo . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 13 : Gaab-Gibus . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1920, p. 25–28 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • S. Petrocchi: GADDI, Agnolo. In: Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale. 1996 ( treccani.it ).
  • Giorgio Vasari : Vita d'Agnolo Gaddi, pittor fiorentino. In: Vasari: Le vite dei più eccellenti pittori, scultori e architetti. Newton Compton Editori, Rome 2010, ISBN 978-88-541-1425-8 , pp. 225 ff.
  • Giorgio Vasari: The life of Taddeo Gaddi, Agnolo Gaddi, Buffalmacco, Orcagna, Spinello Aretino and Lorenzo Monaco. Newly translated into German by Victoria Lorini. Ed., Commented by introduced by Fabian Jonietz, Wolf-Dietrich Löhr and Johannes Tripps. Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-8031-5063-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Agnolo Gaddi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Angelo di Taddeo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH around 1350
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1396
Place of death Florence