 | The most prominent Florentine painter of the High Renaissance, Andrea del Sarto (sometimes called Andrea d'Agnolo di Francesco) was so successful and devoted that he could afford to do religious-themed work for a reduced fee, or sometimes completely for free. His paintings were innovative within the dominant modes of Florentine painting. Instead of the figures being delineated and then filled with color, they were built up slowly as layers of light and shadow. Born in Florence, he was to marry Lucrezia del Fede, do the majority of his work, and later die from the plague there, a consummate Florentine. |
