Andrea del sarto biography of christopher

It is often said of his career that he was less ambitious, and therefore overshadowed by his contemporaries such as Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.

Andrea del Sarto was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism.

His early work is marked by an individual style of non-idealistic and informal depictions of subjects, which use a sophisticated and emotional effect in tone and ambience. Sarto trained as a goldsmith and woodcarver, among painting apprenticeships with Piero di Cosimo — and Raffaellino del Garbo — After a brief partnership with another Florentine painter, Franciabigio — , completing the Baptism of Christ fresco for the Compagnia dello Scalzo, his individual style emerged.

These works helped position Sarto as a leading Florentine painter, where his workshop was in highest regard during — Sarto worked primarily in Florence, creating what is perhaps his masterpiece in ; an altarpiece for the Convent of San Francesco dei Macci, Madonna of the Harpies. He had a brief two year stint at the court of Francois the First, King of France.

Italian painter, nicknamed Andrea "of the tailor" after his father's occupation.

He was easily lured back to Florence by attractive commissions from the Medici Family, and even built a home for himself in Florence with funds given to him by Francois. Here Vasari was influenced by a prominent group of artists including Sarto and his students Rosso Fiorentino or Il Rosso — and Jacopo Pontormo — It was Vasari who wrote that Sarto lacked a creative drive, seeing that he did not enjoy the success that his contemporaries did.

His later works included a number of pieces in the Scalzo cloisters some which hang in the Louvre now, and a Last Supper piece, which was his last highly notable work before death. Portrait of a Woman with Splindes. Saints Michael, Giovanni Gualberto, Jhon the Visit the website of the Polo Museale Fiorentino. Exhibition at the Uffizi Gallery for the five The portrait of Lion X by Raphael under resto The Japanese Renaissance in an exhibition at