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.

Paintings Madonna and Child with Sts. John Baptist and Paul (?), circa 1375, tempera on panel, 83.82 × 76.835 cm (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M.39.1) Assumption of the Virgin, circa 1365, tempera on panel, 41 × 27 cm (Pinacoteca Vaticana) Madonna and Child, circa 1365–1370, tempera on panel, 49 × 30.5 cm (private collection) The Assumption of Saint Mary Magdalene, 1380s, tempera on panel, 161.1 × 81.9 cm (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, NGI.841) Madonna and Child, circa 1366–1375, tempera on panel, 164 × 89 cm (Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, inv. 3161) The Madonna and Child, tempera on panel, 30.5 × 20.3 cm (The Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1999.32)

Illuminated manuscripts

Gradual from Santa Maria degli Angeli

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. Cor. 2), with twenty detached pages in various collections around the world:Kanter 1994, pp. 131–154

folio 15: Saint Stephen Enthroned in an Initial E (private collection, England)Kanter 1994, p. 132 fig. 45, p. 133, p. 137 n. 4 folio 18: The Four Evangelists in an Initial I (Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, inv. no. M34)Kanter 1994, p. 132 fig. 46, p. 133 folio 23: Saint Silvester in an Initial S (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, NMB 1797)Kanter 1994, p. 133 text + fig. 47 folio 32: Saint Agnes in an Initial M (Library of Geneva, Switzerland)Kanter 1994, pp. 138–139 text + image folio 42: The Presentation in the Temple in an Initial S (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England, Marlay Cutting It. 13A)Kanter 1994, pp. 140–141 text + image folio 49: Saint Scholastica in an Initial V (location unknown)Kanter 1994, p. 134, p. 138 n. 7 folio 56: Saint Benedict Enthroned with Eight Saints (Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, inv. no. M35)Kanter 1994, p. 133 fig. 48, p. 134 folio 60: The Annunciation in an Initial R (British Library, London, Add. MS 35254 C)Kanter 1994, pp. 141–144 text + images + Six Bust-Length Prophets (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, NMB 1797) folio 80: Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon in an Initial B (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, Switzerland) folio 90: Saint Romuald Enthroned with Four Saints in an Initial O (British Library, Add. MS 37472, folio 3)Kanter 1994, p. 144, p. 145 image folio 97: The Birth of Saint John the Baptist (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, inv. no. 2764)Kanter 1994, p. 134 text + fig. 49Costambeys 2007, p. 161, p. 163 fig. 2 folio 104: Saints Peter and Paul in an Initial N (private collection, England)Russell 1977a folio 113: Saint Margaret in an Initial L (private collection, Milan)Kanter 1994, p. 135 text + fig. 50 folio 119: Saints James and Andrew in an Initial M (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, inv. no. F61–14)Kanter 1994, p. 135, p. 136 figs. 51–52Bent 1992, pp. 508–510 text + figs. 1–2 folio 134: Saint Lawrence in an Initial C (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MS W.416)Kanter 1994, pp. 144–146 text, p. 146 image folio 137: The Virgin and Child in an Initial S (Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.1012)Kanter 1994, pp. 146–148 text + image folio 142: The Death and Assumption of the Virgin (British Library, Add. MS 37955 A)Kanter 1994, pp. 148–150 text + image folio 148: The Birth of the Virgin in an Initial G (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 21.168)Kanter 1994, pp. 150–151 text + image folio 155: The Virgin and Christ in Glory in an Initial G (Cleveland Museum of Art, 1930.105)Kanter 1994, pp. 152–153 text + image folio 159: Pope Saint Clement in an Initial D (Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 5-1979)Kanter 1994, p. 154 text + image

Gradual 1 from San Michele a Murano

Gradual 1 from San Michele a Murano can be reconstructed from individual pages and numerous cuttings in various collections:Kanter 1994, pp. 155–176

folio 1: God the Father Presenting the Infant Christ to a group of Saints in an Initial A (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, MS 434, no. I 30-A)Kanter 1994, p. 156 fig. 54, p. 157 Saint Paul in an Initial G (Morgan Library & Museum, New York, MS M.478, no. 6 (I.3))Kanter 1994, p. 157 text + fig. 55 Foliate Decoration in an Initial M (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 983, no. 2868) folio 32: The Nativity of Christ in an Initial D (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 966, no. 3074)Kanter 1994, pp. 166–167 text + image The Adoration of the Shepherds in an Initial L (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 967, no. D.229-1906)Kanter 1994, pp. 167–168 text + image folio 38: The Nativity and the Annuciation to the Shepherds in an Initial P (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.653, no. 1 (I.8))Kanter 1994, pp. 168–169 text + image A Prophet in an Initial D (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 973, no. D.222-1906) folio 46: The Adoration of the Magi in an Initial E (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.653, no. 5 (I.15))Kanter 1994, pp. 170–171 text + image A Prophet Looking Up to the Enthroned Christ in an Initial I (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 7 (I.16))Kanter 1994, p. 157 fig. 56, p. 158 A Prophet in an Initial O (Art Institute of Chicago, acc. no. 1915.550)Kanter 1994, p. 158 text + fig. 57 A Prophet in an Initial A (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 10 (I.18)) A Prophet in an Initial С (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 976, no. D.227-1906) A Prophet in an Initial E (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 982, no. D.219-1906)Kanter 1994, p. 158 fig. 58, p. 159 A Prophet in an Initial R (Museo Civico, Padua, M.C. 887) A Prophet in an Initial O (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS D.217-1906) An Initial I (Museo Civico, Padua, M.C. 886) The Entry into Jerusalem in an Initial D (Wildenstein Collection, Musée Marmottan, Paris)Kanter 1994, p. 159 text + fig. 59

Gradual 2 from San Michele a Murano

Gradual 2 from San Michele a Murano can be reconstructed from individual pages and numerous cuttings in various collections:

The Resurrection in an Initial R (Musée Condé, Chantilly, France, inv. no. PE 2)Kanter 1994, p. 160 fig. 60 A Prophet in an Initial A (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 969, no. 432)Kanter 1994, p. 161, fig. 61 A Prophet in an Initial V (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 17 (II.5))Zoomable image of MS M.478.16 and M.478.17 A Prophet in an Initial V (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS D.226-1906) A Prophet in an Initial E (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 3 (II.7)) A Prophet in an Initial M (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 9 (II.10)) An Initial I (Museo Civico, Padua, M.C. 878) A Prophet in an Initial C (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 968, no. 431) A Prophet in an Initial V (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 970, no. 3087) folio 44: The Ascention of Christ in an Initial V (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.653, no. 3 (II.14))Zoomable image of MS M.653.3Kanter 1994, pp. 171–172 text + image A Prophet in an Initial E (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 4 (II.15)) folio 58: The Pentecost in an Initial S (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 970, inv. no. 3045)Kanter 1994, p. 162, fig. 62 A Prophet in an Initial A (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 975, no. D.224-1906) A Prophet in an Initial R (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 14 (II.26)) folio 74: The Trinity in an Initial B (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.653, no. 2 (II.23))Zoomable image of MS M.653.2Kanter 1994, pp. 173–174 text + image folio 78: The Last Supper in an Initial C (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.653, no. 4 (II.25))Zoomable image of MS M.653.4Kanter 1994, pp. 174–176 text + image A Prophet in an Initial D (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 974, no. D.225-1906) A Prophet in an Initial D (Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, MS 682)Kanter 1994, p. 163, fig. 63 A Prophet in an Initial D (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 981, no. D.221-1906) A Prophet in an Initial O (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 11 (II.31))Kanter 1994, p. 163, fig. 64 A Prophet in an Initial S (Victoria and Albert Museum, MS 978, no. D.218-1906) A Prophet in an Initial E (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 5 (II.33)) A Prophet in an Initial D (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 1 (II.35)) A Prophet in an Initial D (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 2 (II.36)) A Prophet in an Initial R (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 15 (II.37)) A Prophet in an Initial P (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 13 (II.38)) An Initial I (Museo Civico, Padua, M.C. 904) A Prophet in an Initial M (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 8 (II.40)) An Initial I (Museo Civico, Padua, M.C. 879) A Prophet in an Initial D (Victoria and Albert Museum, inv. no. D.228-1906) A Prophet in an Initial S (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 16 (II.43))Kanter 1994, p. 164, fig. 65 A Prophet in an Initial O (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.478, no. 12 (II.44)) A Prophet in an Initial I (Museo Civico, Padua, M.C. 880) A Prophet in an Initial D (Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.718, no. 18 (II.47)) A Prophet in an Initial L (formerly, Victoria and Albert Museum, inv. no. D.220-1906; missing since the early 1940s)Kanter 1994, p. 165 n. 5 A Prophet in an Initial E (formerly, Victoria and Albert Museum, inv. no. D.223-1906; missing since the early 1940s) A Prophet in an Initial E (private collection, England)Russell 1977b

Other works Saint Augustine in an Initial I (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Codice Corale 19 (Cod. Cor. 19), folio 149)Kanter 1994, p. 234, n. 4

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External links

Biography of Silvestro dei Gherarducci (in Italian)