Andrea del Sarto
Italian, 1486–1530
Born in Florence; died in Florence.
Andrea del Sarto, the son of a tailor, or sarto, spent almost his whole career in Florence and became its leading painter after Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael had left. His frescoes at the Santissima Annunziata and the grisaille cycle in the Chiostro dello Scalzo show his soft modelling and harmonious colour. He worked briefly for Francis I in France in 1518–19. Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino trained with him, and Vasari, his pupil, wrote his life.
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- In the collection
- 4 worksDated 1522–1533
- Mostly
- Paintings
- Movement
- RenaissanceEuropean art from about 1400 to 1600, when painters rediscovered perspective and the classical past.
