Florentine School – Cavallini to Veronese

Cavallini
to Veronese

Florentine School

Cimabue

His documented name is Cenni di Pepi. Cimabue is a

Giotto

Giotto di Bondone (his name is Latinised as Giottus, Joctus or Gioctus in contemporary

Taddeo Gaddi

Taddeo Gaddi was an assistant and close follower of Giotto.

Bernardo Daddi

A Florentine painter of the first half of the fourteenth

Maso di Banco

A Florentine painter, active in the second quarter of the

Orcagna

Andrea di Cione; Orcagna is probably a corruption of Arcagnuolo

Lorenzo Monaco

Lorenzo Monaco (‘Lawrence the Monk’) was the most important painter

Masolino

Tommaso di Cristofano (‘Masolino’ means ‘Little Tom’) was a Florentine

Uccello

His name was Pagolo (or Paolo) di Dono. Vasari says

Fra Angelico

He was baptised Guido di Pietro, and known as Fra

Masaccio

His name is Tommaso di ser Giovanni di Monte Cassai.

Castagno

Andrea di Bartolo di Simone di Bargiella, called Andrea del

Domenico Veneziano

His name (Domenico di Bartolomeo da Venezia) implies that he

Baldovinetti

Alessio (or Alesso) Baldovinetti was born in about 1425-26 of

Filippo Lippi

He was born, probably in about 1406, in Via d’Ardiglione

Benozzo Gozzoli

Benozzo di Lese (Alesso) was born in Florence in 1420-21.

Verrocchio

His name was Andrea di Michele di Francesco Cioni. He

Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo

The brothers Antonio and Piero (del) Pollaiuolo ran one

Botticelli

Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, born in 1444 or 1445. He

Ghirlandaio

His name was Domenico Bigordi (or Bighordi). Ghirlandaio is a

Filippino Lippi

Filippino Lippi (‘little Filippo’) was the son of Fra Filippo

Leonardo da Vinci

Born on 15 April 1452, the illegitimate son of Ser

Piero di Cosimo

He was born on 2 January 1462. His father, Lorenzo

Fra Bartolommeo

Bartolommeo di Domenico di Paolo di Jacopo, known before he

Michelangelo

Michelangelo (baptized Michelagnolo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni) was born on

Franciabigio

Francesco di Cristofano, known as Franciabigio, was born on 30

Andrea del Sarto

Andrea d’Agnolo, called del Sarto, was born on 16 July 1486

Pontormo

Jacopo Carrucci, called Pontormo (Puntormo or Pontorme in contemporary documents)

Rosso Fiorentino

Giovanni Battista di Jacopo di Gaspare (or Guasparre), called Il

Bronzino

Agnolo di Cosimo, called Il Bronzino, perhaps on account of his

Salviati

His name was Francesco (or Cecchino) de’ Rossi; he called