词条 | Pollaiuolo brothers |
释义 | Pollaiuolo brothers Italian artists Italian brothers who, as sculptors, painters, engravers, and goldsmiths, produced myriad works together under a combined signature. Antonio del Pollaiuolo (original name Antonio di Jacopo d'Antonio Benci; b. Jan. 17, 1431/32, Florence 【Italy】—d. 1496, Rome) and Piero del Pollaiuolo (original name Piero di Jacopo d'Antonio Benci; b. 1443, Florence—d. 1496, Rome) had a significant influence on the development of Florentine art, and their workshop is regarded as one of the most important in Florence during the late 15th century. The brothers received the name of Pollaiuolo because their father was alleged to have been a poulterer (from pollaio 【“hen coop”】). Antonio learned goldsmithing and metalworking from either Vittore Ghiberti (son of Lorenzo (Ghiberti, Lorenzo)) or Andrea del Castagno (Castagno, Andrea del). Piero probably learned painting from Andrea del Castagno and became his brother's associate in goldsmithing, painting, sculpture, and engraving. After 1460 the two collaborated consistently, and the individual contributions of each are frequently difficult to determine. Their Florentine commissions included the altarpiece in the Chapel of the Cardinal of Portugal in San Miniato al Monte (1466) and the Martyrdom of St. Sebastian (1475) for the Pucci Chapel in the church of Santissima Annunziata. In 1484 they went to Rome, where their works included the tomb of Pope Sixtus IV (1484–93) in the Vatican Grottoes of St. Peter's and, in the final years of their lives, the tomb of Pope Innocent VIII (1493–97), also in St. Peter's. ![]() In general, however, the individual works of Piero are regarded as less artistically significant than those of his brother. His principal works were his Coronation of the Virgin, an altarpiece painted in 1483 (in the choir of the cathedral at San Gimignano); his Three Saints (1467–68), an altarpiece; and Prudence (1469–70), one of six Virtues he painted for the Mercanzia (Merchants' Court). Additional Reading Leopold D. Ettlinger, Antonio and Piero Pollaiuolo: Complete Edition with a Critical Catalogue (1978). |
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