Biagio was born in
Florence. It is not known with whom he trained, but his early style reflects the influence of
Filippo Lippi,
Andrea del Verrocchio and
Domenico Ghirlandaio. The latter two were also Biagio's collaborators. With the former Biagio painted the
Madonna and Child with Saints for the church of San Domenico del Maglio, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. By 1472 he was in a partnership with
Jacopo del Sellaio, with whom he painted two great chests, the
Morelli Nerli Cassoni (London, Courtauld Institute). Like Sellaio, Biagio was prolific in the art of cassone painting for the duration of his career. File:Biagio d'Antonio Adoration in the Philbrook Museum of Art dli 4000031446.jpg|thumb|Biagio d’Antonio, “The Adoration of the Child with Saints and Donors”, 1476, Philbrook Museum of Art, lantern slide by Louis Werner, Kress Collection of Historic Images, Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, D.C. By 1476 Biagio was simultaneously operating workshops in Florence and
Faenza. The first work he painted for Faenza was the
Ragnoli Altarpiece for the church of San Michele. The central panel of this picture, depicting the
Nativity with Saints and the Ragnoli Family as Donors, is now in the Kress Collection at the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma. The lunette, depicting
Saint Michael Liberating Souls, is at the Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon. Biagio's style continued to reflect Florentine innovations. His paintings also demonstrate influences—particularly in the decorative elements—from
early Netherlandish painting. In 1481–82 he assisted
Cosimo Rosselli on
frescoes in the
Sistine Chapel, including the
Last Supper and probably the
Crossing of the Red Sea. In 1484 he was contracted to helped
Pietro Perugino with some frescoes in the
Palazzo della Signoria, Florence, which were never executed. In 1487 he collaborated with
Bartolomeo di Giovanni,
Pietro del Donzello and Domenico Ghirlandaio on a set of panels (a tondo by Ghirlandaio and three wainscot panels by the others) for the wedding chamber of Lorenzo Tornabuoni and
Giovanna degli Albizzi. Biagio's panel from this cycle, depicting the
Betrothal of Jason and Medea, is now at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Later works by Biagio d'Antonio include the
Madonna and Child with Saints Francis and Mary Magdalene for San Pancrazio, Florence (now at San Francesco in
San Casciano in Val di Pesa; the predella of this work is at the Accademia Etrusca, Cortona) and a number of altarpieces for churches in Faenza, now in that city's picture gallery. Among these, the most important is the
Madonna and Child with Saints John the Evangelist and Anthony of Padua for the Bazzolini chapel in San Francesco, completed in 1502. Biagio died in Florence in 1516.,
São Paulo) ==Selected works==