Castagno


Andrea del
[ahn-dre-ah del] /ɑnˈdrɛ ɑ dɛl/ (Show IPA), (Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) c1423–57, Florentine painter.
Historical Examples

The latter had the secret of painting in oils, and yielded to Castagno’s entreaties to impart it to him.
Passages From the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne

Left an orphan in his boyhood, Andrea herded the cattle of an uncle at the hamlet of Castagno (whence the painter’s name).
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools Various

On Mount Ætna is the famous Castagno di cento cavalli, so called from its having sheltered a hundred mounted cavaliers.
Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. John S. Springer

We may there trace the school of Castagno, the master of Piero, in the harsh features, coloured in a strong and juicy manner.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 1 (of 6) Luigi Antonio Lanzi

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