Giotto valuation
Florentine painter whose solid, feeling figures opened the way to the Renaissance.
Giotto di Bondone (about 1267–1337) worked in Florence, Rome, Assisi, Padua and Naples and was praised by Dante and Boccaccio in his own lifetime.
What a work by Giotto is worth
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Bio
Giotto di Bondone (about 1267–1337) worked in Florence, Rome, Assisi, Padua and Naples and was praised by Dante and Boccaccio in his own lifetime. His frescoes in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, painted around 1305, tell the lives of the Virgin and Christ with solid figures, plain settings and clear human emotion, a break with the flat Byzantine manner. The Ognissanti Madonna in the Uffizi is his best-known panel. In 1334 he was put in charge of the works at Florence Cathedral, and he designed the bell tower that carries his name.
Paintings accepted as his are almost entirely in churches and museums, and his large workshop makes attribution a constant question. What occasionally reaches the market is work described as by his circle or his followers, usually on gold-ground panels. Such a picture needs a specialist's opinion, technical examination of the panel and gilding, and a clear history of ownership. Later restoration can be extensive, so a condition report matters as much as the name.
At a glance
- Born
- 1267
- Died
- 8 January 1337, Florence
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