Silvestro dei Gherarducci

Silvestro dei Gherarducci (c. 1339 – c. 1399) was an Italian painter and illuminator in Florence.

He became a monk and later a prior of the monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli where he first started work on illustrations for manuscripts.

Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli, considered to be Don Silvestro's crowning achievement, is currently preserved in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence (Codice Corale 2 / Cod.

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2), with twenty detached pages in various collections around the world:[9] Gradual 1 from San Michele a Murano can be reconstructed from individual pages and numerous cuttings in various collections:[40] Gradual 2 from San Michele a Murano can be reconstructed from individual pages and numerous cuttings in various collections:[40]

Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci's painting of Madonna and Child , tempera on panel
Initial "R", gradual from the monastery of Santa Maria degli Angeli
Initial "P", Gradual 1 from the monastery of San Michele a Murano
Initial "V", Gradual 2 from the monastery of San Michele a Murano