Giovanni di Francesco Toscani, Gothic Painter
Giovanni (di Francesco) Toscani) (b 1370-80; bur Florence, 2 May 1430) was an Italian painter who matriculated in the Florentine Compagnia di S Luca in 1424. It seems that already in 1420 he was inscribed on the rolls of the company. The name Giovanni di Francesco was virtually unknown in art historical literature until 1917, […]
Bicci di Lorenzo
Bicci di Lorenzo (1373–1452) was an Italian painter and sculptor, active in Florence. He was born in Florence in 1373, the son of the painter, Lorenzo di Bicci, whose workshop he joined. He married in 1418, and in 1424 was registered in the Guild of Painters at Florence. His son, Neri di Bicci was also […]
Simone Martini influential in Gothic style
Simone Martini (1284-1344) was an Italian painter born in Siena. He was a major figure in the development of early Italian painting and greatly influenced the development of the International Gothic style. It is thought that Martini was a pupil of Duccio di Buoninsegna, the leading Sienese painter of his time. According to late Renaissance […]