Silvestro dei Gherarducci


Silvestro dei Gherarducci 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.

Paintings

Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli

from Santa Maria degli Angeli, considered to be Don Silvestro's crowning achievement, is currently preserved in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence, with twenty detached pages in various collections around the world:
Gradual 1 from San Michele a Murano can be reconstructed from individual pages and numerous cuttings in various collections:
Gradual 2 from San Michele a Murano can be reconstructed from individual pages and numerous cuttings in various collections: