Taddeo Gaddi
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Taddeo Gaddi was a 14th-century Italian painter and architect of the Florentine school, best known as a leading pupil of Giotto and an important contributor to early Renaissance art.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Taddeo Gaddi canonical | 3 |
| Agnolo Gaddi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4186845 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taddeo Gaddi Context triple: [Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, hasArtworkBy, Taddeo Gaddi]
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A.
Duccio di Buoninsegna
Duccio di Buoninsegna was a pioneering late 13th- and early 14th-century Italian painter from Siena, renowned for his refined, devotional panel paintings that helped shape the course of Western art.
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B.
Simone Martini
Simone Martini was a prominent 14th-century Italian painter of the Sienese School, renowned for his elegant Gothic style and influential altarpieces and frescoes.
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Domenico Ghirlandaio
Domenico Ghirlandaio was a prominent Italian Renaissance painter of the Florentine school, renowned for his detailed fresco cycles and as the teacher of Michelangelo.
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D.
Giotto
Giotto was a pioneering Italian painter and architect of the late Middle Ages whose naturalistic style helped lay the foundations for the Italian Renaissance.
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E.
Luca Signorelli
Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter renowned for his powerful, anatomically precise frescoes and dramatic compositions, particularly in the Orvieto Cathedral.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Taddeo Gaddi Target entity description: Taddeo Gaddi was a 14th-century Italian painter and architect of the Florentine school, best known as a leading pupil of Giotto and an important contributor to early Renaissance art.
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A.
Duccio di Buoninsegna
Duccio di Buoninsegna was a pioneering late 13th- and early 14th-century Italian painter from Siena, renowned for his refined, devotional panel paintings that helped shape the course of Western art.
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B.
Simone Martini
Simone Martini was a prominent 14th-century Italian painter of the Sienese School, renowned for his elegant Gothic style and influential altarpieces and frescoes.
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C.
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Domenico Ghirlandaio was a prominent Italian Renaissance painter of the Florentine school, renowned for his detailed fresco cycles and as the teacher of Michelangelo.
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D.
Giotto
Giotto was a pioneering Italian painter and architect of the late Middle Ages whose naturalistic style helped lay the foundations for the Italian Renaissance.
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E.
Luca Signorelli
Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter renowned for his powerful, anatomically precise frescoes and dramatic compositions, particularly in the Orvieto Cathedral.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Italian painter
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Trecento painter ⓘ architect ⓘ human ⓘ member of the Florentine school ⓘ |
| activeYears | first half of the 14th century ⓘ |
| child |
Agnolo Gaddi
NERFINISHED
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Giovanni Gaddi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Italy
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Republic of Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Florentine ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1290 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1366 ⓘ |
| describedAs |
important contributor to early Renaissance art
ⓘ
leading pupil of Giotto ⓘ |
| educatedBy | Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Italian ⓘ |
| father | Gaddo di Zanobi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
altarpiece
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fresco ⓘ religious art ⓘ |
| influenced |
Agnolo Gaddi
NERFINISHED
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Florentine painters of the early Renaissance ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Byzantine art
NERFINISHED
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Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Gothic art
NERFINISHED
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Proto-Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ early Renaissance ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of spatial construction in painting
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use of light effects in fresco ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Baroncelli Chapel fresco cycle
NERFINISHED
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Baroncelli Polyptych NERFINISHED ⓘ Frescoes in the sacristy of Santa Croce ⓘ Last Supper and Tree of Life fresco, Santa Croce refectory NERFINISHED ⓘ Madonna Enthroned with Angels and Saints (various altarpieces) NERFINISHED ⓘ Panels for the Florence Cathedral façade decoration ⓘ Stories of the Virgin (Baroncelli Chapel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
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painter ⓘ |
| participantIn |
decoration of Florence Cathedral
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decoration of Santa Croce, Florence ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Florence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative |
Agnolo Gaddi
NERFINISHED
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Gaddo di Zanobi NERFINISHED ⓘ Giovanni Gaddi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studentOf | Giotto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | Giottesque ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Florence
NERFINISHED
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Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Agnolo Gaddi