Apollonio di Giovanni di Tommaso
Birth tray, or Desco da parto
Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (1414 – 1465), was an Italian painter.
Biography[]
He was born in Florence and is also known as the "Master of the Jarves Cassone".[1] Apollonio di Giovanni was recorded in Florence 1446 where he ran a workshop specialised in producing wedding chests known as cassoni and other such furniture. He died in 1465.[2] He worked in partnership with the woodworker Marco del Buono Giamberti, whose son became Apollonio's pupil and heir.
References[]
- ^ Master of the Cassone in the RKD
- ^ Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso in the RKD
External links[]
- Italian Paintings: Florentine School, a collection catalog containing information about di Tommaso and his works (see pages: 100-105).
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Categories:
- 1414 births
- 1465 deaths
- 15th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- Painters from Florence
- Italian Renaissance painters
- Italian painter, 15th-century birth stubs