Gaddi, Giovanni

Persons known by name

1493–1542 (october)
brother of cardinal Niccolò Gaddi
employed several antiquarians from the Accademia's network, among them Annibale Caro
"Nel 1535 un Giovanni Saxo (Stein?), fornaio teutonico a S. Salvatore in Lauro, vende a Giovanni Gaddi chierico di Camera una sua vigna "intra menia apud thermas Antonianas". (not. Apocello, prot. 421 c. 341 A. S.). [Lanciani 1989: II, 195]
one of the two responsible persons for the decoration of the triumphal enty of Charles V into Rome on April 5, 1536. (The other one was Latino Giovenale Manetti [1486–1552], both closely related to the Farnese court.)
italianacademies.org: "Gaddi created a circle of `literati` in his house, and was also associated to the Accademia della Virtu`. See Vanna Arrighi, `Gaddi, Giovanni`, and Paola Cosentino, `Martelli, Ludovico`, both in DBI."
friend and disciple of Marliano [Lanciani 1989: II, 271]