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Andrea del Sarto

(Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco di Luca di Paolo del Migliore)

1486-1530 Italy/High renaissance-Mannerism

 

Brief Biography-Andrea del Sarto was born in Florence in 1487. His first apprenticeship was with Giovanni Barile, a decorative artist, who, after three years, placed him with Pietro di Cosimo. However, Del Sarto took more inspiration from masters such as Da Vinci, Raphael, Ghirlandaio, and more in Rome. He established such a high reputation with his works that the French King Francis I engaged him, giving him numerous gifts and three hundred crowns of gold. However, his wife summoned him back to Florence during employment with the Queen Mother, painting Saint Jerome. The King permitted him to return and, giving him ample means, solicited him to return with statues and paintings of Italian importance. Unfortunately, Del Sarto squandered the money and never returned to France. That event led to his downfall. In poverty, his wife deserted him; he became friendless and died of the plague in 1530. Jacopo de Pontormo and Giorgio Vasari were two of his notable students.

 

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The Last Super

The last Super

Annunciation

Annunciation

Becuccio Bicchieraio

Becuccio Bicchieraio

Assumption

Assumption of the Virgin

Assumption two

Assumption of the Virgin two

The Artist's Wife

The Artist's Wife

The Annunciation

The Annunciation

Madonna della Scala

Madonna della Scala

Lamentation

Lamentation of Christ

Disputation

Disputation on the Trinity

Lady with a Book

Lady with a Book

Madonna

Madonna of the Harpies

Charity

Charity

Stories of Joseph

Stories of Joseph

Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John

Stories of Joseph

Stories of Joseph two

Pieta with Saints

Pieta with Saints

John the Baptist

Saint John the Baptist and Bernardo Degli Uberti

Triumph of Caesar

Triumph of Caesar

Holy Family

Holy Family Borgherini

Saint James

Saint James

The Holy Family

The Holy Family

Virgin and Child

Virgin and Child in Glory with Six Saints

The Sacrifice

The Sacrifice of Abraham

Saint John

Saint John the Baptist

Michael and John

Saints Michael and John Gualbert

Archangel Raphael

Archangel Raphael with Tobias Saint Lawrence and the Founder of Leonardo di Lorenzo

Woman with Basket

Woman with Basket of Spindles

Birth of the Virgin

Birth of the Virgin

the Redeemer

Christ the Redeemer

Journey of the Magi

Journey of the Magi

Miraculous Curei

Miraculous Cure by Relics of Filippo Benizzi

Noli Me Tangere

Noli Me Tangere