Saint Eligius in the Goldsmith's Shop (nn03)
Italian Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1300-1366
Italian painter active in Florence. He was the son of a painter and mosaicist and a student of Giotto. His best-known works are frescoes in the church of Santa Croce in Florence. He directed a flourishing workshop for three decades, producing pictures in the style of Giotto but featuring more vivid picturesque effects with narrative detail. His son and pupil Agnolo (c. 1350 C 96) was an influential and prolific artist who likewise produced a notable series of frescoes for Santa Croce, The Legend of the True Cross c 1365
Tempera on panel 35 x 39 cm 13 3/4 x 15 3/8 in Museo del Prado Madrid
Painting ID:: 23294
GADDI, Taddeo Italian Early Renaissance Painter, ca.1300-1366
Italian painter active in Florence. He was the son of a painter and mosaicist and a student of Giotto. His best-known works are frescoes in the church of Santa Croce in Florence. He directed a flourishing workshop for three decades, producing pictures in the style of Giotto but featuring more vivid picturesque effects with narrative detail. His son and pupil Agnolo (c. 1350 C 96) was an influential and prolific artist who likewise produced a notable series of frescoes for Santa Croce, The Legend of the True Cross Saint Eligius in the Goldsmith's Shop (nn03) c 1365
Tempera on panel 35 x 39 cm 13 3/4 x 15 3/8 in Museo del Prado Madrid
