1431-1498 Italian Antonio Pollaiuolo Galleries
Sculptor, painter, designer and engraver. He was trained as a goldsmith and bronze sculptor, probably in Lorenzo Ghiberti workshop. In 1466 he joined the Arte della Seta, the silkworkers guild (to which goldsmiths traditionally belonged), and he listed himself as a goldsmith and painter in the membership records of the Compagnia di S Luca in 1473; this is the only documented reference to him as a painter. In his tax return in 1480 he reported that he was renting a workshop specifically for goldsmiths work. He still described himself as a goldsmith, and not as a painter, in his last tax return in 1496.
Portrait of a Girl - Panel Museo Poldi Pezzoli Milan There are experts who think it to be the work of Domenico Veneziano. Independently of this uncertainty, this is one of the most beautiful profile portraits of the period. Artist: POLLAIUOLO, Antonio del Painting Title: Portrait of a Girl , 1451-1500 Painting Style: Italian , , portrait
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