Andrea del Sarto
Andrea del Sarto (born 16 July 1486) was an Italian painter. He was considered an important artist during his lifetime.
| Andrea del Sarto | |
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| Born | 16 July 1486 Florence, Tuscany (now Italy) |
| Died | before 29 September 1530 Florence, Tuscany (now Italy) |
| Nationality | Tuscan Italian |
| Field | Painting |
| Movement | High Renaissance Mannerism |
| Works | Madonna of the Harpies Birth of the Virgin |
Perhaps the best known painting by Andrea del Sarto is the Madonna of the Harpies. The painting shows the Virgin Mary and child on a pedestal, with angels and two saints by her side.
Partial list of works
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- Holy Family with St Peter Martyr (1507-8, Pinacoteca Bari)
- Madonna and Child with St. John (c.1513, Whitfield Fine Art)
- Madonna of the Harpies (Virgin and Child, with St Francis, St John the Evangelist, and two angels), (painted S. Francesco, now in Uffizi, Florence)
- Fathers disputing on the doctrine of the Trinity (Saints Augustine, Lawrence, Dominic, Francis and Saints Sebastian and Mary Magdalene)-1517, altarpiece for the monastery of S. Gallo, now in Ufizzi, Florence
- Charity (Louvre)
- Pieta (Belvedere, Vienna)
- Julius Caesar receives tribute (fresco at Poggio a Caiano, 1521) completed by Alessandro Allori.
- Virgin surrounded by Saints (Pitti Palace, Florence)
- Pieta (Pitti Palace)
- Virgin, Child, Joseph, Elizabeth, John the Baptist, and an Archangel (Prado)
- Holy Family with John the Baptist (Louvre)
- Annunciation (Pitti Palace)
- Portrait of a Young Man, National Gallery, London
Andrea Del Sarto Media
The house of Andrea del Sarto
Birth of the Virgin (detail), 1509–10, SS Annunziata, Chiostrino dei Voti, Florence
S Filippo Benizi's Death and Child restored to Life (detail), 1509–10, SS Annunziata, Chiostrino dei Voti
Assumption of the Virgin (Poppi Altarpiece), 1530
Head of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1523, National Gallery of Art
The so-called Portrait of a Sculptor, long believed to have been Del Sarto's self-portrait; National Gallery, London
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