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Luca Signorelli

Luca Signorelli Virgin Enthroned with Saints oil painting on canvas
Virgin Enthroned with Saints
Painting ID::  94663
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Luca Signorelli Virgin Enthroned with Saints oil painting on canvas



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  Luca Signorelli
  Crtona 1441-1523 .Italian painter of the Umbrian school, who probably studied with Piero della Francesca. He worked in Cortona, where some of his paintings have remained. Subsequently he worked in the Cathedral of Perugia, in Volterra, and at Monte Oliveto before undertaking (1499) the decoration of the Cappella Nuova in the Orvieto Cathedral. There he represented the apocalyptic series of the Story of the Anti-Christ, the End of the World, the Resurrection of the Bodies, Paradise, and the Inferno, as well as figurations from antique poems and the Divine Comedy. The infernal scenes are remarkable for their imaginative evocation of fiends and tortures of Hell. Michelangelo was influenced by his powerful treatment of anatomy and the vivid realism he used for dramatic ends. Signorelli's paintings in the Vatican, where he went in 1508, were later sacrificed to make way for some of Raphael's work.
  Virgin Enthroned with Saints
  1491 Type Tempera on panel Dimensions 302 cm x 233 cm (119 in x 92 in) cyf

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