Giovanni Francesco Toscani
Giovanni Francesco Toscani (1372 - 2 May 1430) was an Italian painter.
Born in Florence, he was the pupil of Giottino, in whose style he painted. His masterpiece is said to have been an Annunciation for a chapel of the Bishop's palace in Arezzo. It was restored by , and later by Vasari. Toscani was buried in Santa Maria del Fiore.
References[]
- Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. Page 581.CS1 maint: location (link)
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- Italian Paintings: Florentine School, a collection catalog containing information about Toscani and his works (see pages: 75-77).
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- 1372 births
- 1430 deaths
- 14th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- 15th-century Italian painters
- Painters from Florence
- Quattrocento painters
- Italian painter, 15th-century birth stubs