Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze (active 1343 – 1377)

• Was an Italian painter active in Florence.
• He was probably born in Florence where he was active from 1343.
• Andrea di Bonaiuto is known for his stained glass window of the Coronation of Mary in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, and his fresco decorations in the Spanish chapel of the chapter house there.
• The central theme of the fresco's in the Spanish chapel is the glorification of the Dominican Order.
• From mid 1366 to mid 1367 Andrea di Bonaiuto was one of the artists advising on the construction of the Florence Cathedral.
• He died in Pisa while working on a fresco on the Legend of St Raneiro at the Camposanto Monumentale.
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