Artist: Piero Di Cosimo (1462 - 1521)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Florentine School
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Pupil of Cosimo Rosselli, Piero traveled to Rome with his teacher in 1482 to assist with the Sistine Chapel frescoes. It was during this time that di Cosimo became entranced with the mythology and religious imagery that his later work consisted of. Piero di Cosimo was later influenced by Signorelli and Leonardo da Vinci. His personal character and his paintings were deemed unusual by his colleagues. He became a recluse and followed a strict diet of hard-boiled eggs.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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The Young Saint John the Baptist Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo) (Italian, Florentine, 1462-1522)Tempera
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The Return from the Hunt, ca. 1505–7 Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo) (Italian, Florentine,
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A Hunting Scene Piero di Cosimo (Piero di Lorenzo) (Italian, Florentine, 1462-1522)Tempera and oil transferred
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Portrait of a Woman Piero del Pollaiuolo (Piero di Jacopo Benci) (Italian, Florentine, born about
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Piero di Cosimo - Allegory c. 1500 oil on panel National Gallery of Art Italian
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Adam; Eve Giuliano di Piero di Simone Bugiardini (Italian, Florentine, 1475-1554)Oil on canvas; Each 26
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Piero di Cosimo - Madonna with Child and the Young St. John c. 1505-1510 oil on panel Liechtenstein Museum Italian
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Piero di Cosimo - Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels c. 1520 oil on wood panel Philbrook Museum of Art Italian
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Bronzino - Portrait of Piero de' Medici ('The Gouty') 1550-1570 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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Piero di Cosimo - The Nativity with the Infant Saint John c. 1500 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Italian
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Piero di Cosimo - The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot c. 1490 oil on panel National Gallery of Art Italian
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Filippo Baldinucci Title page vignette in the book Cominciamento e progresso dell' arte dell' intagliare in rame äby Filippo Baldinucci (Florence: Piero Matini, 1686) engraving 1686
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Filippo Baldinucci Cominciamento e progresso dell' arte dell' intagliare in rame äby Filippo Baldinucci (Florence: Piero Matini, 1686) Book with engraved title page vignette and uncounted pages with woodcut ornamentation 1686
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Piero Dorazio jnd (just noticeable difference) Aquatint in three colors 1964
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A Young Man, fragment, ca. 1460 Cosimo Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura) (Italian, Ferrarese,
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Piero Manzoni - Achrome 1962 fiberglass on velvet The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Piero della Francesca - The Crucifixion n.d. tempera on panel The Frick Collection Italian
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Lorenzo di Piero di Giovanni Vecchietta - The Resurrection 1472 bronze relief The Frick Collection Italian
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Andrea del Sarto Beheading of St. John the Baptist and presentation of his head ink and wash circa 1600
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Madonna and Child, ca. 1485 Filippino Lippi (Italian, Florentine, probably born 1457, died 1504)Tempera, oil,
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Piero della Francesca - St. John the Evangelist 1454-69 tempera on panel The Frick Collection Italian
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Lorenzo (Piero di Giovanni) Monaco - Virgin Annunciate c. 1410-1415 Tempera and gold lea Norton Simon Museum Italian
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David, ca. 1408-10 Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, active 1390-1423)Tempera on wood, gold
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Abraham, ca. 1408-10 Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, active 1390-1423)Tempera on wood, gold
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The Flight into Egypt, probably early 1470s Cosimo Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura) (Italian,
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Noah, ca. 1408-10 Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, active 1390-1423)Tempera on wood, gold
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Agnolo Bronzino - Portrait of Cosimo I de'Medici as Orpheus c. 1538-40 oil on panel Philadelphia Museum of Art Italian
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Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist, ca. 1510-15 Giuliano
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Moses, ca. 1408-10 Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni) (Italian, Florentine, active 1390-1423)Tempera on wood, gold
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Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist, ca. 1497 Fra Bartolomeo (Bartolomeo
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Saint Louis of Toulouse Cosimo Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura) (Italian, Ferrarese, active by
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Piero Manzoni - Line 1000 Meters Long 1961 chrome-plated metal The Museum of Modern Art Italian
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Bronzino - Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany before 1574 oil on wood The National Gallery, London Italian
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The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, early 15th century Attributed to Lorenzo Monaco (Piero
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Two-Handled "Oak-Leaf" Drug Jar
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Lorenzo de Caro, Italian, mid–18th century The Triumph of David Oil on canvas 67.31 x
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Imitator of Piero della Francesca, Italian (Florentine), active in 1439–died in 1492 Portrait of a
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Nicolas Martinez Cellini Bust of Cosimo de Medici 19th century
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Giovanni Paolo Lasinio pl. 13 from Memorial exercises for Cosimo de' Medici Engraving 19th century
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Giovanni Paolo Lasinio pl. 14 from Memorial exercises for Cosimo de' Medici Engraving 19th century
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Giovanni Paolo Lasinio pl. 15 from Memorial exercises for Cosimo de' Medici Engraving 19th century
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Portrait of a Man, ca. 1481-82 Cosimo Rosselli (Italian, Florentine, 1440-1507)Tempera on wood; 20 3/8
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Madonna and Child with Angels Cosimo Rosselli (Italian, Florentine, 1440-1507)Tempera and gold on wood; 33
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The Triumph of Fame; (verso) Impresa of the Medici Family and Arms of the Medici
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View of Pisa
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Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and an Angel Mariotto di
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Cosimo I de" Medici (1519-1574) Workshop of Bronzino (Italian, Florentine, 1503-1572)Oil on wood; 37 3/4
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Zanobi di Jacopo di Piero Machiavelli, Italian (Florentine), 1418-1479 Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints
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Portrait of a Young Man, 1530s Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano) (Italian, Florentine, 1503-1572)Oil
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The Holy Family with Angels, possibly ca. 1700 Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, Venetian, 1659-1734)Oil on canvas;
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Francesco Sassetti (1421-1490) and His Son Teodoro, ca. 1487? Domenico Ghirlandaio (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi
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Cosimo Rosselli, Italian (Florentine), 1439-1507 Madonna and Child with an Angel about 1470 Oil and
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The Birth of the Virgin, 1467 Fra Carnevale (Bartolomeo di Giovanni Corradini) (Italian, Marchigian, active
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Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?)
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Jacques Callot Les Caprices 1617
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Jacques Callot Various Figures Etching 1617
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Grand Prince Ferdinando de" Medici (1663-1713), Portrait Bust, 17th century (ca. 1683-85) Giovanni Battista Foggini
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Jacques Callot Various Figures Etching 1617
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Jacques Callot Various Figures Etching 1617
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Jacques Callot Various Figures Etching 1617
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Jacques Callot Various Figures Etching 1617

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (4)
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Comparable only to the Cini Collection in Venice in its breadth and scope, the collection formed by Robert Lehman originally comprised some 145 pieces, representing all of the major schools of Italian manuscript production – Umbria, Tuscany, Emili...
National Gallery of Art: The Flowering of Florence: Botanical Art for the Medici
The masterly technique of these remarkable artists, combined with freshness and originality of style, has had a lasting influence on the art of naturalistic painting, said Earl A. Powell III, ...
Frick Collection: Masterpieces of European Painting from the Toledo Museum of Art
While the collection of the Toledo Museum is considered encyclopedic, the works included in the exhibition will emphasize the period from the early Italian Renaissance to late nineteenth-century France. The selection will notably complement the h...
Rice Unversity Art Gallery: A Site-Specific Large-Scale Installation by British Artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey
Their medium is nature itself - thousands of grass blades provide a highly uniform light-sensitive surface that is used to create a unique form of photography. Nurtured in carefully controlled light conditions, young grass has a remarkable capac...

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