Andrea d'Agnolo (Andrea del Sarto)

Andrea , original name Andrea d’Agnolo  (b. July 16, 1486, Florence [Italy]—d. before Sept. 29, 1530, Florence), Italian painter and draftsman whose works of exquisite composition and craftsmanship were instrumental in the development of Florentine Mannerism. His most striking among other well-known works is the series of frescoes on the life of St. John the Baptist in the Chiostro dello Scalzo (c. 1515–26). Sarto’s family name was probably Lanfranchi, and his father was a tailor (hence “del Sarto”; Italian sarto, “tailor”). Little of ...

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