Artist: Pollaiuolo, Jacopo Painting: Madonna and Child Introduction: 1469-70
Tempera and oil on canvas, transferred from panel
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg.
Approx. 1441-1496
Painter, brother of Antonio Pollaiuolo. He was described as a painter in the membership records of the Compagnia di S Luca, which he joined in 1472. According to tradition, he initially trained under Andrea del Castagno. In his 1480 tax return Piero reported that he had a small house adjoining the family home '...which I use when I have painting to do'. He produced many paintings for the Florentine workshop,
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