About Paolo Schiavo
Lived 1397 – 1478 (aged 80–81). Paolo Schiavo was a painter.
Paolo Schiavo, the pseudonym of Paolo di Stefano Badaloni (1397–1478) was a Florentine painter.
Born in Florence, Paolo Schiavo enrolled in the Guild of Doctors and Apothecaries (Arte dei Medici e Speziali) in 1428. According to Vasari, he was a follower of Masolino. In 1435 he went to Castiglione Olona with Masolino where he realized the first section of the apse's right wall. Frescoes by Schiavo adorn the chapel on the left in the church of San Michele a Castellaccio di Sommaia, near Florence. He died in Pisa.
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Who was Paolo Schiavo?
painter (1397-1478)
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Paolo Schiavo was born in 1397 in Florence.
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Paolo Schiavo died in 1478 in Pisa.
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Paolo Schiavo was a painter.
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