Andrea Del Sarto
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Andrea Del Sarto |
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Florence, Italy |
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Italian |
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1486 |
| Death: |
1530 |
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Biography
| Andrea del Sarto was born the son of a tailor (sarto means "tailor" in Italian) and rose steadily to become the leading painter in Florence. Probably a pupil of Piero di Cosimo, he began work as an independent artist around 1508. By 1509 he had embarked on the impressive Life ofFilippo Benizzi (1509- 1514} fresco series for the church and convent of the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata. Early influences include the glowing Tuscan colors of Fra Bartolomeo, whose preeminence in Florence del Sarto soon eclipsed. By 1515, Andrea was enjoying a stellar reputation for paintings that combine Leonardo da Vinci's subtle sfumato technique and Michelangelo Buonarroti's classicism with a new, more delicate emotion. At the height of his powers, he produced works such as Madonna of the Harpies (1517) that demonstrate the strong, balanced compositions that echo Raphael and came to typify del Sarto's work in the 1520s. Early in the decade he married Lucrezia del Fede, a widow of means, who is said to be the model for many of his female figures and whom he reputedly idolized. Seemingly well off, del Sarto would pick and choose jobs and undertake some for little or no money, although he was always a highly professional craftsman. Equally happy to paint for humble or elevated patrons, the latter included King Francis I of France, Pope Leo X, and the all-powerful Medici family, for whom he painted the Pitti Palace's Madonna and Child with St. Elizabeth and St. John the Baptist (Medici Holy Family) (c.1513). Plague was a constant threat in del Sarto's day. After having escaped one bout by fleeing Florence, he fell prey to another and died in 1530. His works left a major mark on a range of mannerist Florentine artists who came after him. |
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