Piero del Pollaiolo

Piero del Pollaiolo (c. 1443 – 1496), also known as Piero Benci, was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. His brother was the artist Antonio del Pollaiolo and the two frequently worked together. Their work shows both classical influences and an interest in human anatomy; reportedly, the brothers carried out dissections to improve their knowledge of the subject.

He died in Rome in 1496.

Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Pollaiolo in his "Lives of the Artists".

External links

* [http://www.wga.hu/bio/p/pollaiol/biograph.html Biography on the Web Gallery of Art]
* [http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raider4/texts/vasari/vasari.pollaiuolo.html Extensve biography of Antonio and Piero del Pollaiolo]
* [http://www.aiwaz.net/gallery/pollaiuolo-piero-del/gc203 Piero del Pollaiolo at Panopticon Virtual Art Gallery]

Piero del Pollaiolo's work includes:
*" [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/p/pollaiol/piero/altar_3s.html Three Saints] " (1467-68) - altar-piece
*" [http://www.museopoldipezzoli.it/PP_inglese/museo/collezioni/pittura/rinascimento.html Portrait of a woman] " (c.1470)
*" [http://www.wga.hu/html/p/pollaiol/piero/g_sforza.html Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza] " (c.1471) - tempera on wood
*" [http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG292 Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian] " (completed 1475) - oil on wood
*" [http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/p/pollaiol/piero/coronat1.html Coronation of the Virgin] " (1483) - altar-piece painted in the choir of the cathedral at San Gimignano
*" [http://www.bergerfoundation.ch/wat4/zoom_english.cgi?dia=28 Prudence] "