Giovanni di Francesco Toscani

Giovanni di Francesco Toscani (* between 1370 and 1380 in Florence , † May 2, 1430 in Florence) was an Italian painter .

Giovanni di Francesco Toscani was trained under the influence of Agnolo Gaddi , Lorenzo Ghiberti and Rossello di Jacopo Franchi , with the latter appearing to have worked in part. While he is close to the masters mentioned in his early and middle works, there are also clear influences of Masaccio in the later works . From around 1424 he was a member of the Florence Painters' Guild.

Toscani worked primarily as a painter of altar panels , cassone panels and as a fresco artist.

Until his real name was discovered, which could be determined from documents on the frescoes in the Ardinghelli Chapel in Santa Trinita (Florence) , he had been given the emergency name Master of the Crucifixion Griggs in art historical research , after the previous owner of his today New York Metropolitan Museum of Art preserved crucifixion tablet .

Works

• Baltimore , Walters Art Gallery
  • Saints John the Baptist and James Major. around 1423/24 (right altar wing of the polyptchon of the Cappella Ardinghelli)
• Berlin , Gemäldegalerie
  • The love garden. around 1420 - 1430
• Buffalo , Albright-Knox Art Gallery
  • Maria with the child. around 1420 - 1430
• Cleveland , Cleveland Museum of Art
  • A horse race in the streets of Florence. 1418
• Edinburgh , Scottish National Gallery
  • Scenes from the Decameron by Boccaccio. around 1420 - 1425
• Florence , Galleria dell'Accademia
  • The incredulous Thomas. around 1419/20 (loan from the Uffizi)
  • The stigma of St. Francis and the miracle of St. Nicholas. around 1423/24 (part of the predella of the Polyptchon of the Cappella Ardinghelli)
  • The crucifixion of Christ. around 1423/24 (part of the polyptchon of the Cappella Ardinghelli)
  • The stigmatization of St. Francis and a miracle of St. Nicholas.
  • Mary with the child and Saints Stephen and Reparata.
• Florence , Museo dell'Istituto degli Innocenti
  • Triptych: Mary with the Child and Saints Jerome and Catherine of Alexandria.
• Florence , Palazzo Vecchio
  • Maria with the child.
• Florence , Santa Trinità (Ardinghelli Chapel)
  • Painting of the chapel. around 1423/24 (frescoes)
• Honolulu , Honolulu Academy of Arts
  • The judgment of Paris. around 1420 - 1430
• Melbourne , National Gallery of Victoria
  • Adoration of the Magi. around 1427 - 1430
  • Maria with the child.
• New York , Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • The crucifixion of Christ.
• Philadelphia , Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • The baptism of Christ and beheading of St. James major. around 1423/24 (part of the predella of the Polyptchon of the Cappella Ardinghelli)
  • The presentation of Christ in the temple. around 1427 - 1430
  • Christ among the scribes. around 1427 - 1430
• Whereabouts unknown
  • Head of a saint (St. Joseph?). (Fragment - auctioned on October 18, 1995 at Sotheby's in London)

literature

• Hannelore Vorteilmann: Everyday life and festivals - Florentine cassanone and espalier painting from the time of Botticelli , Berlin, 2000, ISBN 3-88609-294-1