Masaccio was the nickname given to the Florentine painter Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi and is loosely translated as “Big Tom,” or “Clumsy Tom.” According to the biographer Giorgio Vasari (who is not always reliable), Masaccio received the nickname because of his absentmindedness about worldly affairs, carelessness about his personal appearance, and other heedless—but good-natured—behavior.
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