Taddeo Gaddi

Painter, born in Florence, NC Italy, the son of Gaddo Gaddi. He was Giotto's best pupil and also his godson. His finest work is seen in the frescoes of ‘The Life of the Virgin’ in the Baroncelli chapel of S Croce. Though the best-known of Giotto's followers, his style deviated from that of his master, whom he does not match in figure painting, but whom he excels in architectural perspective.

He was an assistant to the painter Giotto and the father of the painters Giovanni Gaddi, Agnolo Gaddi and Niccolò Gaddi;

His work includes frescoes in the Baroncelli Chapel at Santa Croce in Florence (1328-38) as well as:

The Stigmatization of Saint Francis (c.1325-1330), tempera on wood panel Madonna and Child Enthroned (1335), tempera on wood

He is also credited with the design of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence.