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Friday
Jul102015

Andrea Del Sarto: A Poised and Graceful Style

DateFriday, July 10, 2015 at 8:00AM

Andrea del Sarto - Disputation on the Trinity - 1517 - Oil on wood, 232x193 cm - Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence (click photo for larger image)Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) was a Florentine painter. The epithet 'del sarto' (of the tailor) is derived from his father's profession; his real name was Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco. After an apprenticeship under Piero di Cosimo, he soon absorbed the poised and graceful style developed by Fra Bartolommeo and Raphael in Florence during the first decade of the 16th century, and following the departures of Leonardo and Michelangelo. 

The altarpiece features Sts Augustine, Sebastian, Lawrence, Peter Martyr, Francis and Mary Magdalen placed before an indistinct backdrop of sky and clouds resplendent with a compact image of the Trinity.

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