Giovanni del Biondo (1356–1399): Florentine Gothic and Early Renaissance Painter Giovanni del Biondo, born around 1356 in Casentino, Italy, remains a figure shrouded in mystery—his precise birthdate elusive despite meticulous tax records confirming his residency in Florence from 1359 until his untimely death in 1399. He gained Florentine citizenship as ‘Iohannes Biondi de Casentino pictor,’ marking the beginning of his artistic journe…