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TADDEO GADDI.
19.?
The subjects represented in the chapel of St. Andrew were,
Christ calling Peter and Andrew from their Nets, with the
Crucifixion of the latter Apostle : a work highly praised at
the time, and which has been equally commended in our
own days.* * * § Over the side door, and near the burial-place of
Carlo Marsupini| of Arezzo, Taddeo executed another fresco,
representing a dead Christ, with the Maries ; this was also
greatly admired, as was a painting of St. Francis, likewise
in fresco, placed above the crucifixion of Donato,J and re-
presenting the saint at the moment when, appearing in the
air, he is performing the miracle of restoring to life a boy,
who has been killed by falling from a high terrace. In this
painting the artist has introduced the portraits of his master,
Giotto, of the poet Dante, of Guido Cavalcanti, and, as some
say, of himself. § He executed many other figures, for different
parts of the same church, all which are known to painters by
their manner. For the confraternity of the church, Taddeo
painted a most admirable Deposition from the Cross, in the
oratory which stands at the corner of the Via del Crucifisso;]!
and in the cloister of Santo Spirito he executed two stories
in the arches, near the chapter-house. One of these repre-
sents Judas betraying Christ, the other is a Last Supper.
Over the door of the refectory, in the same convent, this
master painted a Crucifixion, with several Saints; and these
figures, compared with those of others who laboured in the.
same place, make it obvious that Taddeo was a faithful
imitator of the manner of Giotto, which he always held in
the highest estimation. In the church of San Stefano del
Ponte Vecchio, Taddeo painted the high altar and predella,
with infinite care.^f lie also executed a very good work
in the oratory of San Michele in Orto, the subject a Dead
Christ, mourned over by the Maries, and devoutly placed
in the sepulchre by Nicodemus.** In the church of the Ser-
* None of these works remain. The chapel of the Bellacci was en-
crusted with marbles, when the frescoes of Taddeo were destroyed.
t The celebrated secretary of the republic.
J Probably that criticised by Brunellesco, now in the chapel of the
Bardi, in Santa Croce.
§ This picture has perished. This oratory has been demolished.
% All these works have perished.
** Now the oratory of San Carlo. The painting is in the Florentine
Academy.
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19.?
The subjects represented in the chapel of St. Andrew were,
Christ calling Peter and Andrew from their Nets, with the
Crucifixion of the latter Apostle : a work highly praised at
the time, and which has been equally commended in our
own days.* * * § Over the side door, and near the burial-place of
Carlo Marsupini| of Arezzo, Taddeo executed another fresco,
representing a dead Christ, with the Maries ; this was also
greatly admired, as was a painting of St. Francis, likewise
in fresco, placed above the crucifixion of Donato,J and re-
presenting the saint at the moment when, appearing in the
air, he is performing the miracle of restoring to life a boy,
who has been killed by falling from a high terrace. In this
painting the artist has introduced the portraits of his master,
Giotto, of the poet Dante, of Guido Cavalcanti, and, as some
say, of himself. § He executed many other figures, for different
parts of the same church, all which are known to painters by
their manner. For the confraternity of the church, Taddeo
painted a most admirable Deposition from the Cross, in the
oratory which stands at the corner of the Via del Crucifisso;]!
and in the cloister of Santo Spirito he executed two stories
in the arches, near the chapter-house. One of these repre-
sents Judas betraying Christ, the other is a Last Supper.
Over the door of the refectory, in the same convent, this
master painted a Crucifixion, with several Saints; and these
figures, compared with those of others who laboured in the.
same place, make it obvious that Taddeo was a faithful
imitator of the manner of Giotto, which he always held in
the highest estimation. In the church of San Stefano del
Ponte Vecchio, Taddeo painted the high altar and predella,
with infinite care.^f lie also executed a very good work
in the oratory of San Michele in Orto, the subject a Dead
Christ, mourned over by the Maries, and devoutly placed
in the sepulchre by Nicodemus.** In the church of the Ser-
* None of these works remain. The chapel of the Bellacci was en-
crusted with marbles, when the frescoes of Taddeo were destroyed.
t The celebrated secretary of the republic.
J Probably that criticised by Brunellesco, now in the chapel of the
Bardi, in Santa Croce.
§ This picture has perished. This oratory has been demolished.
% All these works have perished.
** Now the oratory of San Carlo. The painting is in the Florentine
Academy.
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