Taddeo Gaddi

Taddeo Gaddi (c. 1290, in Florence – 1366, in Florence) was a medieval Italian painter and architect.

He was the son of Gaddo di Zanobi, called Gaddo Gaddi. He was a member of Giotto's workshop from 1313 until the master's death in 1337. According to Giorgio Vasari, he was considered Giotto's most talented pupil: in 1347 he was placed at the top in a list of Florence's most renowned painters.^[1] He also traded as a merchant, and had a branch establishment in Venice. As well as a painter, he was a mosaicist and architect.^[2]

His main work is the cycle of Stories of the Virgin in the

He was the father of Agnolo Gaddi and Giovanni Gaddi.

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  Stories of the Virgin (north wall), c. 1330, Baroncelli Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence
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  Visitation, c. 1330, Baroncelli Chapel
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  Annunciation to the Shepherds, c. 1330, Baroncelli Chapel
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  Adoration of the Magi, c1330, Baroncelli Chapel
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  Arbor vitae, c. 1330-40 or -60, Santa Croce Refectory

References

Sources

• "Agnolo, Giovanni and Taddeo Gaddi". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
• "Gaddi, Taddeo". Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
• "The Angelic Announcement to the Shepherds". Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 2007-01-29.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Taddeo Gaddi.

• Italian Paintings: Florentine School, a collection catalog containing information about Gaddi and his works (see pages: 22–25).
• Rossetti, William Michael (1911). "Gaddi s.v. 2. Taddeo Gaddi" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 383.

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