• Was an Italian painter from Florence, influenced chiefly by Masaccio and Giotto di Bondone.
• He influenced the Ferrarese school of Cosmè Tura, Francesco del Cossa and Ercole de' Roberti.
• Andrea del Castagno was born at Castagno, a village near Monte Falterona, not far from Florence.
• During the war between Florence and Milan, he lived in Corella, returning to his home after its end.
• In 1440 he moved to Florence under the protection of Bernadetto de' Medici.
• Here he painted the portraits of the citizens hanged after the Battle of Anghiari on the facade of the Palazzo del Podestà, gaining the nickname of Andrea degli Impiccati.
• In 1442 he was in Venice where he executed frescoes in the San Tarasio Chapel of the church of San Zaccaria.
• Back in Florence, he designed a stained window with Deposition for the local Cathedral.
• On May 30, 1445 he became a member of the Guild of the Medicians.
