Piero del Pollaiolo

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Portrait of a Girl by Piero del Pollaiolo, at the Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan.

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.

Works

Three Saints (1467–68) - altar-piece
Portrait of a woman (c.1470)
Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (c.1471) - tempera on wood
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (completed 1475) - oil on wood
Coronation of the Virgin (1483) - altar-piece painted in the choir of the cathedral at San Gimignano
Profile of a Young Woman (c. 1465) - oil on wood
7 Virtues (6 painted by Pollaiolo):
Charity

Faith

Temperance

Prudence

Hope

Justice

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