Thursday, August 25, 2011



Rafael Sanzio da Urbino aka Raphael (1483-1520), St John the Baptist (1518).

One of a triumvirate of great High Renaissance artist, the other two being da Vinci and Michaelangelo. Raphael was a student of Pietro Perugino and produced a large amount of work in his thirty-seven years.













Michele Tosini (1503-1577), St John the Baptist (1570).

He was apprenticed to Lorenzo Credi and later with Ridolfo Ghirlandaio. He was influenced by Fra Bartolommeo, Andrea del Sarto and Agnolo Bronzino. He work moved into the Florentine Mannerist style and became mannered, indeed.


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