Piero di Cosimo

Years of life:	1462 – 1521
Artist's Teachers:	Cosimo Rosselli
Art Movement:	Early Renaissance
Painting School:	Florentine School

Genre:	Portrait , Religious , Mythology
Country:	Italy
Century:	XV , XVI

He was an out-of-the-ordinary painter for the Early Renaissance. A misanthrope who preferred to the humanistic ideals of the Renaissance a naive and unmediated perception of the world, he seemed to his contemporaries far removed from the mainline of art.

He painted portraits, altarpieces, and mythologies. Piero di Cosimo’s observations of nature, portray animals and birds, and storytelling is especially endearing and memorable.

Piero di Cosimo’s major works are The Visitation with St. Nicholas and St. Anthony Abbot, c. 1490 (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art); A Satyr Mourning over a Nymph, c. 1495 (London: National Gallery); Allegory, c. 1500 (Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

The Adoration of the Child

1500

The Adoration of the Child • 1500
Portrait of a woman said to be by Simonetta Vespucci

1490

Portrait of a woman said to be by Simonetta Vespucci • 1490
A Satyr mourning over a Nymph

1495

A Satyr mourning over a Nymph • 1495
Venus, Mars and Cupid

1505

Venus, Mars and Cupid • 1505
The Finding of Vulcan on Lemnos

1490

The Finding of Vulcan on Lemnos • 1490
Tritons and Nereids

1500

Tritons and Nereids • 1500
Saint Jerome in Meditation

1490s

Saint Jerome in Meditation • 1490s
Allegory

1500

Allegory • 1500
St Mary Magdalene

between 1490 and 1495

St Mary Magdalene • between 1490 and 1495
Portrait of Francesco Giamberti (1404-1482), architect and musician

between 1482 and 1485

Portrait of Francesco Giamberti (1404-1482), architect and musician • between 1482 and 1485
Mary adoring the child

1490-1500

Mary adoring the child • 1490-1500
Mary and saints: St. Catherine, St. Margaretha, St. John the Evangelist, St. Peter, St. Philip Benitius and St. Antoninus of Florence

1505

Mary and saints: St. Catherine, St. Margaretha, St. John the Evangelist, St. Peter, St. Philip Benitius and St. Antoninus of Florence • 1505
The Fight between the Lapiths and the Centaurs

1500-1515

The Fight between the Lapiths and the Centaurs • 1500-1515
Crucifixion of Christ

Crucifixion of Christ
Mary and St. Elisabeth, St. Nicholas and St. Antonius

1480-1490

Mary and St. Elisabeth, St. Nicholas and St. Antonius • 1480-1490
Portrait of Giuliano da San Gallo, Architect and Sculptor

between 1482 and 1485

Portrait of Giuliano da San Gallo, Architect and Sculptor • between 1482 and 1485
The Adoration of the Christ Child

1505

The Adoration of the Christ Child • 1505
The Misfortunes of Silenus

1500

The Misfortunes of Silenus • 1500
Madonna with Christ child reading

1485-1490

Madonna with Christ child reading • 1485-1490
Virgin and Child with Two Angels

between 1505 and 1510

Virgin and Child with Two Angels • between 1505 and 1510
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints

1493

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints • 1493
Holy Family with the Young St John the Baptist

1520

Holy Family with the Young St John the Baptist • 1520
The Building of a Palace

between 1515 and 1520

The Building of a Palace • between 1515 and 1520
The Myth of Prometheus

1515

The Myth of Prometheus • 1515
Andromeda freed by Perseus

1510 - 1515

Andromeda freed by Perseus • 1510 - 1515