APOLLONIO DI GIOVANNI
(b. ~1414 Firenze, d. 1465 Firenze)
Apollonio di Giovanni di Tomaso was an Italian painter and miniaturist. He specialised in the figurative decoration of cassoni.
In early 15th-century Florence, Apollonio was a leading supplier of cassoni. His workshop was the most fashionable firm in the city: in the 17 recorded years of its existence, the artist and his craftsmen produced more than 300 cassoni. In his works, obvious affinity can be seen with Florentine painters of his time: Fra Angelico, Domenico Veneziano, Paolo Uccello, Benozzo Gozzoli.
Apollonio worked in collaboration with Marco del Buono Giamberti (1402-1489) until 1463.
