Background
He was born and died in Florence, and was the son of the painter Taddeo Gaddi. Agnolo was an influential and prolific artist who was the last major Florentine painter stylistically descended from Giotto.
He was born and died in Florence, and was the son of the painter Taddeo Gaddi. Agnolo was an influential and prolific artist who was the last major Florentine painter stylistically descended from Giotto.
Taddeo Gaddi was himself the major pupil of the Florentine master Giotto. Among his pupils was the author of an art treatise, Cennino Cennini.