Giovanni Boccardi (painter)
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Giovanni di Giuliano Boccardi (13 December 1459 – 1 March 1529) was an Italian illuminator active in Florence. He was also known as Boccardino il Vecchio or Maestro Giovanni.[1]
According to archival evidence, he was born in Florence on 13 December 1459, the son of Giuliano Boccardi and Caterina di Bartolomeo Busini.[2] Earlier scholarship had placed his birth in 1460.
During 1507–1523, Boccardi and his son Francesco painted choir-books for Monte Cassino and Perugia.
