Andreas Taft

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Andreas Taft (* around 1213; † 1294 ) was a Florentine mosaic worker who had learned from the Greek sculptor Appolonius (Archias son). He persuaded Appolonius, who was working at St. Mark's Church in Venice , to go to Florence with him.

Taft made the 7 cubits high image of Christ in St. John's Church in Florence. His student Gaddo Gaddi soon surpassed him.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Attempt at a handbook of inventions: M, N and O. Volume 4, p. 281
personal data
SURNAME Taft, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Florentine mosaic worker
DATE OF BIRTH around 1213
DATE OF DEATH 1294