Piero del Pollaiuolo

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Piero del Pollaiuolo: Portrait of a young woman in profile, Milan Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Piero del Pollaiuolo: Portrait of a young woman in profile, Berlin Gemäldegalerie (for a long time considered to be the work of Antonio del Pollaiuolo )

Piero del Pollaiuolo , actually Piero di Jacopo d'Antonio Benci (* 1443 in Florence , † 1496 in Rome ) was an Italian painter and probably also a sculptor and goldsmith.

Life

Piero del Pollaiuolo was a younger brother of Antonio del Pollaiuolo from whom he was probably also trained. As early as 1460 he was working with his brother on three Hercules pictures in the Palazzo Medici. He worked in his brother Antonio's workshop, where he specialized in painting. Piero worked mainly in Florence. A stay in San Gimignano is documented . From around 1489 he worked in Rome.

In many of his pictures, Antonio's collaboration is suspected. Numerous pictures, which until recently were considered Antonio's works, are now attributed to Piero himself. Piero del Pollaiuolo is buried with his brother Antonio in a double grave in the Roman church of San Pietro in Vincoli .

Selected Works

  • Berlin , Gemäldegalerie
    • Profile portrait of a young woman, around 1465 (was long considered the work of Antonio del Pollaiuolo)
    • Annunciation, around 1470
  • Florence , Galleria degli Uffizi
    • Altar of the Three Saints (Saints Vincentius, James the Elder and Eustachius), around 1466 (probably together with Antonio del Pollaiuolo)
    • Allegory of moderation, around 1469/70
    • Allegory of Wisdom, around 1469/70
    • Allegory of Faith, around 1469/70
    • Allegory of Hope, around 1469/70
    • Allegory of Mercy, around 1469/70
    • Portrait of Galeasso Maria Sforza, around 1471
    • Profile portrait of a young woman, around 1475 (was long considered the work of Antonio del Pollaiuolo)
  • London , National Gallery
    • Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (with Antonio del Pollaiuolo)
  • Milan , Museo Poldi Pezzoli
    • Profile portrait of a young woman, around 1470
  • New York , Metropolitan Museum of Art
    • Profile portrait of a young woman, around 1480
  • San Gimignano , Sant'Agostino
    • The coronation of Mariae, around 1483
  • St. Petersburg , Hermitage
    • Maria with the child, around 1469/70
  • Whereabouts unknown
    • Saint Sebastian (attributed - auctioned on March 14, 1992 at Nagel in Stuttgart)

literature

  • Gemäldegalerie Berlin, catalog of the exhibited paintings , Berlin, 1975
  • Giorgio Vasari : The life of Verrocchio and the Pollaiuolo brothers. Newly translated into German by Victoria Lorini. Ed., Commented by introduced by Katja Burzer. Verlag Klaus Wagenbach , Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-8031-5055-4 .
  • Leopold Ettlinger Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo: Complete Edition with a Critical Catalog . Oxford: Phaidon, 1978
  • Alison Wright : The Pollaiuolo Brothers. The Arts of Florence and Rome. Yale University Press, New Haven CT et al. 2005, ISBN 0-300-10625-4

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personal data
SURNAME Pollaiuolo, Piero del
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Piero di Jacopo d'Antonio Benci (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1443
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH 1496
Place of death Rome