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Bernardo Daddi
Active between 1312/1320-Florence, 1348
Bernardo Daddi was born in the last decade of the thirteenth century and was the most important painter in Florence after the death of Giotto. His name is registered in the guild of the Arte dei Medici e Speziali between 1312 and 1320. Among his earliest works executed prior to 1330 are the frescoes for the Pulci-Bernardi Chapel in the church of Santa Croce in Florence, depicting the Martyrdoms of Saint Lawrence and Saint Stephen, which show the influence of Giotto's models. From the same period date signed and dated works such as the Triptych with the Virgin and Child of 1328, signed "Bernardus" (Uffizi). In the 1330s Daddi ran a large studio with numerous assistants producing a large number of small paintings destined for use in private devotion. Among the most outstanding works from this decade are the Bigallo Triptych of 1333. During this period Daddi's work shows the influence of Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti. Later works include the triptych in the Courtauld Institute, London, of 1358, Santa Maria Novella Polyptych of 1344, and the Madonna for Orcagna's tabernacle of 1346-47. Daddi died in Florence in 1348 during the Black Death outbreak.
BOSCOVITS, M.: The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection. Early Italian Painting. 1290-1470. London, 1990.
COHN, W.: "Aggiunte all 'Assistente di Daddi' e al 'Maestro di Fabriano'" in Bolletino d'Arte. XLII, 1957, p. 176.
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