Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso (1414 – 1465)

• Was an Italian painter.
• He was born in Florence.
• He is also known as the "Master of the Jarves Cassone".
• Apollonio di Giovanni was recorded in Florence 1446 where he ran a workshop specialised in producing wedding chests known as cassoni and other such furniture.
• He died in 1465.
• He worked in partnership with the woodworker Marco del Buono Giamberti, whose son became Apollonio's pupil and heir.
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Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso, Darius Marching to the Battle of Issus, c. 1450 - c. 1455

Original, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Visited in 2018.

Workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso, Darius Marching to the Battle of Issus, c. 1450 - c. 1455

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso and Marco del Buono di Marco, Meeting of the Queen of Sheba and Salomon, about 1464-65

Original, Museum of Fine Art Boston. Visited in 2018-2023.

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso and Marco del Buono di Marco, Meeting of the Queen of Sheba and Salomon, about 1464-65

Attributed to workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso and workshop of Marco del Buono Giamberti, Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond, after ca. 1461

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2023.

Attributed to workshop of Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso and workshop of Marco del Buono Giamberti, Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond, after ca. 1461

Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso and workshop of Marco del Buono Giamberti, Cassone with painted front panel depicting the Conquest of Trebizond, after ca. 1461