Antonio del Ceraiolo, also known as Antonio di Arcangelo (the nickname "Ceraiolo" derives from the profession of his father, a ''ceraiolo'', or candle maker), was an

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painter active in his native

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between 1518 and 1538. According to

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, Ceraiolo was a pupil first of

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and then of

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, in whose biography he is mentioned. Vasari singled out Ceraiolo's abilities as a portraitist and mentioned two of his altarpieces, both of which survive at the Museo del Cenacolo di San Salvi, Florence. The first of these is a ''Crucifixion with Saints Francis and Mary Magdalen'', originally in the church of San Jacopo tra' i fossi; the second a ''Saint Michael'' for the basilica of the Santissima Annunziata. Most of Ceraiolo's paintings are half-length images of the Madonna and Child, usually with the young Saint John the Baptist, Florence's patron saint.

References

* *Tamborino, Alessandra. “Considerazioni sull’attività di Antonio del Ceraiolo e proposte al suo catalogo,” ''Proporzioni'' (2003): pp. 104–122. *Zeri, Federico. “Antonio del Ceraiolo,” ''Gazette des Beaux-Arts'', LXX (1967): pp. 139–154. Painters from Florence Renaissance painters 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub