Andrea Tafi
Illustration — Portrait of Andrea Tafi from Vasari's Lives Andrea Tafi (1213–1294) was an Italian artist. He is probably best known for his work on the mosaics of the Baptistery in Florence, which were started in 1225 by Jacobus. His pupils included Buonamico Buffalmacco.
Andrea Tafi
Nicolas de Larmessin and Esme de Boulonois · Isaac Bullart. Académie Des Sciences Et Des Arts. Amsterdam: Elzevier, 1682. · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- Andrea Tafi was born in 1213. · Florence.
- Died
- Andrea Tafi died in 1294. · Florence.
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- painter · mosaicist
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Illustration — Portrait of Andrea Tafi from Vasari's Lives Andrea Tafi (1213–1294) was an Italian artist. He is probably best known for his work on the mosaics of the Baptistery in Florence, which were started in 1225 by Jacobus. His pupils included Buonamico Buffalmacco.
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Tafi is shown in Frederic Leighton's Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna (1853–1855); the subject matter of this painting is based on Giorgio Vasari's account of how the Rucellai Madonna was carried from Cimabue's home to the church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.
Andrea Tafi (1213–1294) was a painter and mosaicist.
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1213
Andrea Tafi was born on 1 January 1213.
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Andrea Tafi died on 1 January 1294.
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