A few weeks ago I was telling you about Simonetta Vespucci, the beauty of 15th century Florence, who is said to have been loved by Giuliano de’ Medici and painted, at least once, by Renaissance Italian artist Sandro Botticelli (1445 – 1510). After she died in 1476 just before turning 23, the Medici brothers and…
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Piero di Cosimo – Portrait of a Woman, said to be of Simonetta Vespucci (c. 1480)
Possibly one of the most eccentric painters of his time, Piero di Cosimo (1462 – 1521) was an Italian Renaissance artist that frequently depicted elaborated mythological scenes and was often commissioned to do the portraits of the noblemen and women of Rome and Florence. Also known as Piero di Lorenzo, he borrowed the Cosimo name…
Giovanni Francesco Caroto – Red-headed Youth holding a Drawing (1515)
With a little bit of humor, today’s selection takes us back to the Renaissance where we meet with the Italian painter Giovanni Francesco Caroto (1480 – 1555). Mostly overshadowed today by more prominent Renaissance masters, Caroto’s place in history is still celebrated for the richness of his colors and for having been the mentor of artist…
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