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Giovanni da Milano (Giovanni di Jacopo di Guido da Caversaccio) was an Italian Painting, painter, known to be active in Florence and Rome between 1346 and 1369.
His style is, like many Florentine painters of the time, considered to be derivative of Giotto di Bondone, Giotto's. Vasari misidentified him as a student of Taddeo Gaddi, a noted Giotto protĂ©gĂ
Hailing from Lombardy, the earliest documentation shows Giovanni in Florence on October 17, 1346, under the name Johannes Jacobi de Commo, listed amongst the foreign painters living in Tuscan
Amongst Giovanni's most significant works: * A polyptych with Madonna and Saints (c. 1355), the oldest known signed work by Giovanni da Milano, painted for the Prato Spedale della Misericordia * A polyptych made for the Church of Ognissanti, Florence, Ognissanti of Florence (c. 1363), now dismembered and scattered, depicting saints and scenes of the Bible, biblical creation myth * ''Man of Sorrows'' panel (c. 1365, Accademia dell'Arte del Disegno, Accademia, Florence), the oldest known signed and dated work * Frescoes decorating both sides of the Rinuccini Chapel in Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze, Santa Croce, Florence. Each side consists of five scenes – one side depicting the Life of the Mary (mother of Jesus), Virgin and the other the Life of Mary Magdalene. Giovanni is credited with the upper two registers of each cycle. The bottom register is credited to Matteo di Pacino]
The latest extent documentation of Giovanni's career comes in 1369, when he is known to be working in Rome for Pope Urban V with Giottino and the sons of Taddeo Gaddi.
Giovanni da Milano at Panopticon Virtual Art Gallery''Italian Paintings: Florentine School''
a collection catalog containing information about da Milano and his works (see pages: 33-34). {{DEFAULTSORT:Giovanni da Milano Painters from Milan Trecento painters 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Gothic painters Year of death missing Year of birth missing
Giovanni da Milano (Giovanni di Jacopo di Guido da Caversaccio) was an Italian Painting, painter, known to be active in Florence and Rome between 1346 and 1369.
His style is, like many Florentine painters of the time, considered to be derivative of Giotto di Bondone, Giotto's. Vasari misidentified him as a student of Taddeo Gaddi, a noted Giotto protĂ©gĂHailing from Lombardy, the earliest documentation shows Giovanni in Florence on October 17, 1346, under the name Johannes Jacobi de Commo, listed amongst the foreign painters living in Tuscan
Amongst Giovanni's most significant works: * A polyptych with Madonna and Saints (c. 1355), the oldest known signed work by Giovanni da Milano, painted for the Prato Spedale della Misericordia * A polyptych made for the Church of Ognissanti, Florence, Ognissanti of Florence (c. 1363), now dismembered and scattered, depicting saints and scenes of the Bible, biblical creation myth * ''Man of Sorrows'' panel (c. 1365, Accademia dell'Arte del Disegno, Accademia, Florence), the oldest known signed and dated work * Frescoes decorating both sides of the Rinuccini Chapel in Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze, Santa Croce, Florence. Each side consists of five scenes – one side depicting the Life of the Mary (mother of Jesus), Virgin and the other the Life of Mary Magdalene. Giovanni is credited with the upper two registers of each cycle. The bottom register is credited to Matteo di Pacino]
The latest extent documentation of Giovanni's career comes in 1369, when he is known to be working in Rome for Pope Urban V with Giottino and the sons of Taddeo Gaddi.
References
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Giovanni da Milano at Panopticon Virtual Art Gallery
a collection catalog containing information about da Milano and his works (see pages: 33-34). {{DEFAULTSORT:Giovanni da Milano Painters from Milan Trecento painters 14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Gothic painters Year of death missing Year of birth missing