Lorenzo Ghiberti

Lorenzo Ghiberti

male, deceased (1455)
Arte di Cambio, St. Stephen, BattisterodiSanGiovanni, Saint John the Baptist, Orsanmichele, Baptistery…Arte di Calimala, Lorenzo di Bartolo
Lorenzo Ghiberti (born Lorenzo di Bartolo) (1378 - December 1, 1455) was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance best known for works in...
Andrea Pisano

Andrea Pisano

male, deceased (1348)
Giotto's Tower, great campanile, from the Province of Pistoia, Orvieto Cathedral, Florence cathedral, Seven Works of Mercy…Mino di Giovanni, BattisterodiSanGiovanni
Andrea Pisano (c. 1290 - 1348/1349), also known as Andrea da Pontedera, was an Italian sculptor and architect. He first learned the trade of a...
Vincenzo Danti

Vincenzo Danti

male, deceased (1576)
sculptor, Italian, perugia, cellini, from Perugia, BattisterodiSanGiovanni
Vincenzo Danti (Perugia 1530 - 1576) was a sculptor. His father was an architect and goldsmith, and Vincenzo developed an interest in drawing and...
Giovanni Villani

Giovanni Villani

male, deceased (1348)
Chronicler, 14th century, Death from bubonic plague, flanders, pisa, Condottieri…BattisterodiSanGiovanni
Giovanni Villani ("ca" 1275-1348), the Florentine writer of the famous chronicles (the "Cronica") is the greatest Italian chronicler of his own...

Filarete

male
Italian Renaissance writer, Architectural theoretician, BattisterodiSanGiovanni, Castello Sforzesco, Piero de' Medici, Antonio di Pietro Averlino…Trattato di architettura, Duomo di Milano
Antonio di Pietro Averlino (c. 1400 - c. 1469), also "Averulino", dubbed "Filarete" (Greek "lover of virtue"), was a Florentine architect, sculptor...
Theodelinda

Theodelinda

female, deceased (628)
Cathedral of Monza, Women of medieval Italy, Italian, Iron Crown of Lombardy, lombardy, Queen consort…BattisterodiSanGiovanni
Theodelinda, queen of the Lombards, (c. 570 - 628) was the daughter of duke Garibald I of Bavaria. She was married first in 588 to Authari, king of...
Bernardo Cennini

Bernardo Cennini

male, 594 years old
Printer of incunabula, Tuscan Sculptor, type font, Doors of Paradise, first book printed, In tria Virgilii Opera Expositio…BattisterodiSanGiovanni
Bernardo Cennini was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor and early printer of Florence. As a sculptor he was among the assistants to Lorenzo Ghiberti in...
Andrea Tafi

Andrea Tafi

male, deceased (1325)
BattisterodiSanGiovanni, Baptistery, Santa Maria del Fiore, demon, frederic leighton, Lives…Buonamico di Cristofano
Andrea Tafi (active 1300-1325) was an Italian artist. He is probably best known for his work on the mosaics of the Baptistery in Florence, which...