Antonio del Ceraiolo

Antonio del Ceraiolo, also known as Antonio di Arcangelo (the nickname "Ceraiolo" derives from the profession of his father, a ceraiolo, or candle maker), was an Italian Renaissance painter active in his native Florence between 1518 and 1538. According to Giorgio Vasari, Ceraiolo was a pupil first of Lorenzo di Credi and then of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, in whose biography he is mentioned. Vasari singled out Ceraiolo's abilities as a portraitist and mentioned two of his altarpieces, both of which survive at the Museo del Cenacolo di San Salvi, Florence. The first of these is a Crucifixion with Saints Francis and Mary Magdalen, originally in the church of San Jacopo tra' i fossi; the second a Saint Michael for the basilica of the Santissima Annunziata. Most of Ceraiolo's paintings are half-length images of the Madonna and Child, usually with the young Saint John the Baptist, Florence's patron saint.

The recorded working language is Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Florence. Works named in the authority record are Predella with nine holy Martyrs and Predella with saints and angels. Work by Antonio del Ceraiolo is recorded in the collections of Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Hermitage Museum, Cincinnati Art Museum and Gemäldegalerie Berlin.