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His best works are in the Church of San Francesco di Paola, Messina, and in the Palazzo Borromeo, Padua.

GABRON, GUILIAM (Willem), born at Antwerp, Oct. 28, 1619, died there, Aug. 2, 1678. Flemish school; still-life painter, instructed probably by his father; master of the guild in 1641; visited Italy, spending several years in Rome, whence he returned before 1660. Works: Table with Turkish Cover, Parrot, etc. (1652), Brunswick Museum; Table spread (?, attributed by Bode to Heda), Old Pinakothek, Munich; Similar subjects in Darmstadt Museum (2) and Aschaffenburg Gallery.—Bode, Studien, 616; Rooses (Reber), 427; Van den Branden, 1116.

GADDI, AGNOLO, died in Florence, Oct., 1396. Florentine school; son and pupil of Taddeo Gaddi, and like him a follower of Giotto. His early labours were in the church of S. Jacopo tra' Fossi, Florence, where the Raising of Lazarus was treated, according to Vasari, in an exceedingly realistic manner; but he must have changed his style, as there are no traces of such realism in his later frescos. Those in the parish church of Prato (1365), a double series, at the ends of a central aisle, representing the legends of the Virgin and the sacred girdle, are the best and probably the earliest of his works. In them he was evidently guided by Giotto's maxims in regard to the composition, and they are more perfect in balance and therefore more pleasing than any of Taddeo's. The figures also have more repose and dignity, and more nature and individuality. The drawing is free and bold, though not always correct, and the colouring bright, clear, light, and transparent in its tones. But, though superior to Taddeo, Agnolo was inferior to Orcagna, and art in his hands had somewhat degenerated and become decorative. Other examples of Agnolo's work are eight frescos of the legend of the Cross, in the choir of S. Croce, Florence; and a Madonna, Angels, and Saints, Florence Academy; Annunciation, Uffizi, Florence; do., Louvre.—C. & C., Italy, i. 463; Lübke, Gesch. ital. Mal., i. 148; Vasari, ed. Le Mon., ii. 150; Seguier, 79; Baldinucci, i. 225; W. & W., i. 455.

GADDI, GADDO, born in 1239, died in 1312. Florentine school. An intimate friend of Cimabue, whom he survived twelve years. He laid the foundation of a fortune which raised his family to the highest social distinction. According to Vasari, he executed mosaics in the Baptistery, and in S. Maria del Fiore, Florence. In 1308 he was invited by Clement V. to Rome, and certain mosaics in S. Maria Maggiore are assigned to him. They are more modern in style than Rusutti's mosaic in the same church, and mark the transition between Cimabue and Giotto. Vasari says that he painted many easel pictures, and he probably took part in the decoration of the upper church of Assisi.—C. & C., Italy, i. 229; Vasari, ed. Mil., i. 345; Baldinucci, i. 89.

GADDI, TADDEO, born about 1300, died after 1366. Florentine school; son and pupil of Gaddo Gaddi, and godson and disciple of Giotto, with whom he worked twenty-four years. After the death of his master he was considered the first in his art, which, however, but dimly reflected that of Giotto. His artistic career began when Giotto went to Naples, at which time (1352-56) he painted the frescos of the legend of the Virgin assigned to him in the Baroncelli chapel in S. Croce, Florence. These show that he had little fancy, and that his execution was rapid, decorative, and conventional. Remains of other frescos by him are in S. Francesco, Pisa. A Madonna with Donors and Saints,