Paolo Schiavo

Paolo Schiavo, The Flagellation, oil on panel, 1430s

Paolo Schiavo, the pseudonym of Paolo di Stefano Badaloni (1397-1478) was a Florentine painter.

Born in Rome, Paolo Schiavo enrolled in the Arte dei Medici e Speziali (the guild of Doctors and Apothecaries) in 1428. According to Vasari, he was a follower of Masolino.[1] Schiavo dedicated a lot of his later works to Masolino. Among his dedications were frescoes of the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints (1436), of The Crucifixion Adored by Nuns (1447-8) and of the Adoration of the Magi, the Annunciation and various saints. He made several other dedicatory works, all of which bear his signature and their corresponding dates.[2] He died in Pisa.

Frescoes by Schiavo adorn the chapel on the left in the church of San Michele a Castellaccio di Sommaia, near Florence.[2]

Paolo Schiavo's 'The Crucifixion'.
A Schiavo painting

References

  1. Andrea Bayer (2008). Art and Love in Renaissance Italy. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-58839-300-5. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Paolo Schiavo". Oxford Grove Art. Retrieved 4 March 2013.

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