Taddeo Gaddi (1300–1366)
Born 1300 CE, died 1366 CE.
Taddeo Gaddi (c. 1290 – 1366) was a medieval Italian painter and architect. He was born in Florence. He was the son of the painter 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. He also traded as a merchant and had a branch establishment in Venice. As well as a painter, he was a mosaicist and architect. Gaddi's main work is the cycle of Stories of the Virgin in the Baroncelli Chapel of the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence (1328–1338). Later he perhaps painted the cabinet tiles in the sacristy of the same church, now divided among the Galleria dell'Accademia of Florence and museums in Munich and Berlin. These works show his mastery of Giotto's new style, to which he added personal experimentation in the architectural backgrounds, such as in the staircase of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Baroncelli Chapel. According to some scholars, he collaborated in the Stefaneschi Polyptych in Rome.
Text from the Wikipedia article Taddeo_Gaddi, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.