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Pollaiuolo

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Pollaiuolo (Italian) [pollajˈwɔːlo]
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1. (Biographies / Pollaiuolo, Antonio (?1432-1498) M, Florentine, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor, ARTS AND CRAFTS: goldsmith, ARTS AND CRAFTS: engraver) Antonio (anˈtɔːnjo), ?1432-98, Florentine painter, sculptor, goldsmith, and engraver: his paintings include the Martyrdom of St Sebastian
2. (Biographies / Pollaiuolo, Piero (?1443-1496) M, Florentine, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter, ARTS AND CRAFTS: sculptor) his brother Piero (ˈpjɛːro). ?1443-96, Florentine painter and sculptor


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Ovidian ekphrases also abounded in painterly visions from Antonio del Pollaiuolo to Botticelli, Hans Baldung, Lucas Cranach the Elder, and Titian.
This is typical of paintings of Saint Sebastian - in fact, Hirst's bullock resembles the Saint Sebastian in the altarpiece by the Pollaiuolo brothers in the National Gallery, who suffers his fate just as passively.
His drawings after Andrea Mantegna and Antonio Pollaiuolo reflected his appreciation of Italian painting, which at its peak was guided by knowledge of geometry and proportion.
 
 
 
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