Bernardo Daddi facts for kids

Crucifixion (1340–1345)

Bernardo Daddi (c. 1280 – 1348) was an important Italian painter from the early Renaissance period. He was one of the leading artists in Florence during his time. Daddi helped change art during the Renaissance by making paintings look more real. This was different from the older Gothic style. He was very good at painting smaller artworks, like portable altarpieces, which became very popular.

Life and Work

We don't know exactly when Bernardo Daddi was born, but he was first mentioned in records in 1312. Some people think he might have learned from the famous painter Giotto.

Daddi's painting style was inspired by Giotto. His early paintings also looked similar to other artists who followed Giotto in Florence. Later, his style became more detailed and was influenced by another painter named Maso di Banco.

Daddi probably had a large art workshop. Many paintings in his style have been found, showing that his students and assistants helped him. Even though his work was very skilled, some people think it was a bit stiff or mechanical.

Daddi mainly painted religious scenes and altarpieces. An altarpiece is a work of art placed behind the altar in a church. A triptych (a painting with three panels) he made in 1328 is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. You can also see some of his paintings in the National Gallery of Art and the Walters Art Museum. The Pinacoteca of the Vatican Museums has his painting called Martyrdom of Saint Stephen, which is a predella (the bottom part of an altarpiece) with eight panels painted around 1345. He was also influenced by the Sienese art of Lorenzetti.

Daddi's last known work is from 1347. It is believed he died the next year, in 1348.

Selected Works

• The Martyrdom of St Stephen (1324, not fully confirmed)
• Madonna and Two Saints, also called Ognissanti Triptych (1328)
• Processional Cross (1330s), National Gallery of Victoria
• St. Ursula (1333)
• Madonna and Child (1335), Orsanmichele, Florence
• Nativity and Annunciation to the Shepherds (1336), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• Four Musical Angels, part of the altarpiece The Coronation of the Virgin, Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford
• The Marriage of the Virgin (1336–1340)
• Polyptych of S. Pancrazio (1336–1340)
• The Assumption of the Virgin (1337–1339)
• Triptych: The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints (1338), Courtauld Institute of Art
• Triptych with Madonna and Christ Child (1339), Minneapolis Institute of Art
• The Coronation of the Virgin (ca. 1340–1345), National Gallery
  • Polyptych: The Crucifixion and Saints (1348), Courtauld Institute of Art
• "Madonna and Christ Child With Saints, Crucifixion, Annunciation" (1330s), Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Images for kids

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  Madonna and Saints Thomas Aquinas and Paul

See also

In Spanish: Bernardo Daddi para niños