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LO SCHEGGIA

Giovanni of Ser Giovanni from Mone Cassai was Masaccio’s younger brother. He was born from Giovanni and Jacopa; surely influenced in the choice of his profession by his grandfather Mone Cassaio, specializing in the construction of Cassoni, he subscribed himself at the Art of Doctors and Apothecaries in 1430. He came in Florence in 1417 probably with his brother and he was apprentice at the shop of Bicci di Lorenzo with Andrea di Giusto and Stefano d’Antonio Vanni.
In 1426 he helps his brother in the execution of the Polypthych of the Carmine in Pisa. Between 1436 and 1440 he cooperates at the execution of inlays in the Sacristy of the Florentine Dome. He frescoes the Church of S.Lorenzo in San Giovanni, in cooperation with the florentine Paolo Schiavo. His wide artistic activity includes also particular objects such as chests fronts, headboards or deschi da parto, related to the decoration and furnishing of florentine houses.

MASACCIO

Tommaso di Giovanni Cassai, better known as Masaccio (San Giovanni Valdarno, 1401- Rome, 1428), arrives very young in Florence and enters the circle of his compatriot Masolino da Panicale.

MASOLINO

Masolino formed himself by working at the north door of the Florentine Baptistery with Ghiberti. Sensitive to the perspective revolution of the fifteenth century.

MARIOTTO DI CRISTOFANO

The figure of this painter who comes from Valdarno is strictly related to that of Masaccio. Mariotto was born in San Giovanni around 1395 and was brother-in-law of the great painter.

LO SCHEGGIA

Giovanni of Ser Giovanni from Mone Cassai was Masaccio’s younger brother. He was born from Giovanni and Jacopa; surely influenced in the choice of his profession by his grandfather Mone Cassaio.

GIOVANNI DA SAN GIOVANNI

Giovanni Mannozzi, known as Giovanni da San Giovanni (San Giovanni Valdarno 1592 – Florence 1636) was considered by his contemporaries an excellent teacher and fresco painter.

NICCOLO’ NASONI

Niccolò Nasoni (San Giovanni Valdarno 1691-1773) was a painter and internationally renowned architect who worked in Siena, Rome, Malta and, mainly, in Oporto, Portugal.

FRANCESCO FEROCI

The priest Francesco Feroci (San Giovanni Valdarno 1673-Florence 1750), was student of Giovanni Maria Casini and his successor in the position of first organist of the Cathedral of Florence.