A Florentine Legacy: The Life and Art of Agnolo Gaddi Agnolo Gaddi, born in Florence around 1350, occupies a fascinating, pivotal position in the history of Italian painting. He wasn’t merely an artist; he was the inheritor of a powerful lineage, the son of Taddeo Gaddi, himself a devoted and gifted pupil of the revolutionary Giotto di Bondone. This familial connection immediately placed Agnolo within the epicenter of artistic innovation that Florence had become in the 14th century. While often described as the last great Florentine painter directly descended from Giotto’s style, to label hi…