Apollonio di Giovanni di Tommaso
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Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (1414 – 1465), was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was born in Florence and is also known as the "Master of the Jarves Cassone".Marco del Buono Giamberti, whose son became Apollonio's pupil and heir.
Works
Apollonio or his surviving atelier as run by
Marco del Buono Giamberti
are now credited with the creation of the illuminated golden tarot deck formerly known as the "Charles VI" or "Grigonneur",[3] now normally called "the Estensi" after the noble Italian d'Este family who once owned it.
Its 17 remaining cards are held by the
Visconti-Sforza tarot, in a show called Tarots Enlumines.[4]
This masterpiece was further examined in a special technical Study Day conference on March 11, 2022. [5]
References
- RKD
- RKD
- ^ "Category:Le tarot dit de Charles VI - Wikimedia Commons".
- ^ "Exposition "Tarots enluminés" : Venez découvrir des chefs-d'oeuvre de la Renaissance italienne | Issy-les-Moulineaux".
- ^ Labriola, Ada. "Tarot in fifteenth century Florence: A look at the workshops of painters and illuminators (Issy-les-Moulineaux, Musée de la Carte à Jouer, 11 marzo 2022), Giornata di Studi "Tarots Enluminés. Chefs-d'oeuvre de la Renaissance Italienne"".
External links
- Italian Paintings: Florentine School, a collection catalog containing information about di Tommaso and his works (see pages: 100–105).
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