Apollonio di Giovanni
Italian, 1416–1465
BiographyApollonio di Giovanni di Tommaso was born in Florence, sometime between 1415 and 1417. In 1442, he joined the doctors and apothecaries' guild (to which many artists also belonged), and in 1443 became a member of the painters' professional association, the Compania di San Luca. He and Marco Del Buono [Giamberti] (1402- 1489) formed a partnership by 1446, and together they ran the most successful shop for cassone painting in fifteenth century Florence. Appollonio was also active as a manuscript illuminator and fresco painter. He died in Florence in September 1465.