Luca Signorelli
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Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the Last J
Self-portrait of Signorelli, from The Preaching of the Antichrist, 1500–1504
Testament and Death of Moses, detail
Lamentation over the Dead Christ, detail, 1502
Lamentation over the Dead Christ, Diocesan Museum, Cortona
Piero della Francesca
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Piero della Francesca was an Italian painter, mathematician and geometer of the Early Renaissance, nowadays chiefly appreciated for his art. His painting is characterized by its serene humanism, its u
Luca Signorelli
…remained based in Cortona for the rest of his life, but often travelled to the cities of the region to fulfill commissions. He was probably trained by Piero della Francesca in Florence, as his cousin Giorgio Vasari wrote. Cortona hosted a major exhibition in 2023 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of his death…
Portrait of Piero della Francesca from a 1648 edition of The Lives
The Resurrection (c. 1463–65)
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta kneeling before St. Sigismund (1451)
Detail from The History of the True Cross: the Queen of Sheba meeting with King Solomon