Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Also known as Antonio Pollaiuolo, Antonio di Jacopo d'Antonio Benci del Pollagiolo, Antonio Pollaiolo, Antonio Di Jacopo D'Antonio Benci Del Pollaiuolo, Antonio di Jacopo d'Antonio Benci del Pollaiuolo, Antonio Di Jacopo D'Antonio Benci Del Pollagiolo, Antonio del Polaiolo, Antonio Pallajuolo
Italian painter, sculptor and engraver (1429-1498)
Key facts
- Born
- c. ( 1429-01-17 ) 17 January 1429 or 1433 , Florence , Republic of Florence
- Died
- 4 February 1498 (1498-02-04) (aged 69), Rome , Papal States
- Known for
- Italian Renaissance painting , sculpture , engraving , goldsmithing
- Notable work
- Battle of the Nudes , 2 papal tombs
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- San pietro in vincoli, monumento ai fratelli del pollaiolo, di luigi capponi, antonio.JPG
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Antonio del Pollaiuolo, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article
Antonio del Pollaiuolo ( UK: /ˌpɒlaɪˈwoʊloʊ/ POL-eye-WOH-loh, US: /ˌpoʊl-/ POHL-, Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo del pollaˈjwɔːlo]; 17 January 1429/1433 – 4 February 1498), also known as Antonio di Jacopo Pollaiuolo or Antonio Pollaiuolo (also spelled Pollaiolo), was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, engraver, and goldsmith, who made important works in all these media, as well as designing works in others, for example vestments, metal embroidery being a medium he worked in at the start of his career.
His most characteristic works in his main media show largely naked male figures in complicated poses of violent action, drawing from classical examples and often centred on a heroic Hercules. He, or possibly his brother, was also an innovative painter of wide landscape backgrounds, perhaps having learnt from Early Netherlandish painting. His two papal tombs were the only monuments to survive the demolition of Old St Peter's in the next century and be reconstructed in the present St Peter's Basilica.
