Taddeo Gaddi

Taddeo Gaddi (c.1300-1366) was an Italian painter, active during the early Renaissance.

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1300 - 1366 - Italian - Painter - Renaissance

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He was an assistant to the painter Giotto and the father of the painters Giovanni Gaddi, Agnolo Gaddi and Niccolò Gaddi; his fourth son, Zanobi, does not appear to have been an artist.

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Giotto - Giovanni Gaddi - Agnolo Gaddi - Niccolò Gaddi

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His work includes frescoes in the Baroncelli Chapel at Santa Croce in Florence (1328-38) as well as:

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Fresco - Baroncelli Chapel - Santa Croce - Florence

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• The Stigmatization of Saint Francis (c.1325-1330), tempera on wood panel
• Madonna and Child Enthroned (1335), tempera on wood

He is also credited with the design of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence.

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Giorgio Vasari included a biography of Taddeo Gaddi in his Lives.

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