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Castagna (disambiguation)

Castagna can refer to:*People**Andrea del Castagno , an Italian painter**William J. Castagna , an American jurist**Cristina Castagna , an Italian mountaineer*Companies...

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Andrea del Castagno (or Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla) (c. 1421–19 August 1457) was an Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 painter from Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

, influenced chiefly by Tommaso Masaccio and Giotto di Bondone

Giotto di Bondone

Giotto di Bondone , better known simply as Giotto, was an Italian painter and architect from Florence in the late Middle Ages...

. His works include frescoes in Sant'Apollonia

Sant'Apollonia

Sant'Apollonia was once a Benedictine convent that was founded in 1339 in Florence, Italy. The building is now used as an art museum that houses the The Last Supper fresco by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea del Castagno....

 in Florence and the painted equestrian monument of Niccolò da Tolentino

Niccolò da Tolentino

Niccolò Mauruzzi , best known as Niccolò da Tolentino was an Italian condottiero.-Biography:A member of the Mauruzi della Stacciola family of Tolentino, he fled from that city in 1370 after a dispute with his relatives. He therefore fought under several condottieri...

 (1456) in the Cathedral in Florence

Santa Maria del Fiore

The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church of Florence, Italy. The Duomo, as it is ordinarily called, was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to the design of Arnolfo di Cambio and completed structurally in 1436 with the dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi...

. He in turn influenced the Ferrarese school of Cosmè Tura, Francesco del Cossa

Francesco del Cossa

Francesco del Cossa was an Italian early-Renaissance painter of the School of Ferrara.-Biography:...

 and Ercole de' Roberti

Ercole de' Roberti

thumb|240px|Portrait of [[Giovanni II Bentivoglio]] . National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.Ercole de' Roberti , also known as Ercole Ferrarese or Ercole da Ferrara, was an Italian artist of the Early Renaissance and the School of Ferrara...

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Andrea del Castagno was born at Castagno

Castagno d'Andrea

Castagno d'Andrea is a frazione of the comune of San Godenzo, in the province of Florence, Tuscany . It is located within the Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park.It was the birthplace of the painter Andrea del Castagno....

, a village near Monte Falterona

Monte Falterona

Monte Falterona is a mountain in the Tuscan-Romagnolo Apeninnes, in the Casentino traditional region, standing at 1,654 m. It is part of the Casentino forests, Monte Falterona and Campigna National Park....

, not far from Florence.