Giovanni Francesco Toscani

Giovanni Francesco Toscani (1372 - 2 May 1430) was an Italian painter.

Sts. Matthew and John, James and Antony the Abbot, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Prato.

Born in Florence, he was the pupil of Giottino, in whose style he painted. His masterpiece is said to have been an Annunciation for a chapel of the Bishop's palace in Arezzo. It was restored by Agnolo di Lorenzo, and later by Vasari. Toscani was buried in Santa Maria del Fiore.

References

Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves (ed.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. Page 581.CS1 maint: location (link)

External links

Italian Paintings: Florentine School, a collection catalog containing information about Toscani and his works (see pages: 75-77).

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