Apollonio di Giovanni di Tommaso

Birth tray, or Desco da parto

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (1414 1465), was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born in Florence and is also known as the "Master of the Jarves Cassone".[1] Apollonio di Giovanni was recorded in Florence 1446 where he ran a workshop specialised in producing wedding chests known as cassoni and other such furniture. He died in 1465.[2] He worked in partnership with the woodworker Marco del Buono Giamberti, whose son became Apollonio's pupil and heir.

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