Luca Signorelli (c. 1450 - 1523),

• Was an Italian Renaissance painter.
• Lazzaro Vasari, the great-grandfather of art historian Giorgio Vasari, was Luca's maternal uncle.
• According to Giorgio Vasari, Lazzaro had Luca apprenticed to Piero della Francesca.
• In 1472 the young artist was painting at Arezzo, and in 1474 at Città di Castello.
• Signorelli worked in Rome from 1478 to 1484.
• In 1484 he returned to his native Cortona, which remained his home until his death.
• His frescoes of the Last Judgment (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Madonna and Child, ca. - 1505-07.
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Luca Signorelli, Madonna and Child, ca. 1505-07

Original, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Visited in 2017-2021.

Luca Signorelli, Madonna and Child, ca. 1505-07

Luca Signorelli, Nursing Madonna, c. 1482-5

Original, Pinacoteka di Brera, Milan. Visited in 2019.

Luca Signorelli, The Marriage of the Virgin, c. 1490-1491

Original, NGA, Washington, DC. Visited in 2017-18.

Luca Signorelli, The Marriage of the Virgin, c. 1490-1491

Luca Signorelli, Coriolanus persuaded by his Family to spare Rome, c. 1509

Original,The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Luca Signorelli, Coriolanus persuaded by his Family to spare Rome, c. 1509

Luca Signorelli, The Adoration of the Shepherds, about 1496

Original,The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

Luca Signorelli, The Adoration of the Shepherds, about 1496

Luca Signorelli, The Circumcision, c. 1490-91

Original,The National Gallery - London. Visited in 2018-19.

Luca Signorelli, The Circumcision, c. 1490-91

Luca Signorelli, The Holy Family, probably about 1490-95

Original,The National Gallery, London. Visited in 2018-19.

The Holy Family (probably Luca Signorelli, The Holy Family, probably about 1490-95

Luca Signorelli, The Annunciation, 1493-94

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018.

Luca Signorelli, The Annunciation, 1493-94

Luca Signorelli and Workshop, The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Michael and Benedict, ca. 1493-96

Original, MET-NY. Visited in 2017-20.

Luca Signorelli and Workshop, The Assumption of the Virgin with Saints Michael and Benedict, ca. 1493-96

Luca Signorelli, Portrait of an older man, c. 1492

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Luca Signorelli, Portrait of an older man, c. 1492

Luca Signorelli, The Holy Family with Zacharias, Elizabeth and the John Boy, after 1512

Original, Staatliche Museum in Berlin, Gemäldegalerie. Visited in 2019.

Luca Signorelli, Flagellation, c. 1482-85

Original, Pinacoteka di Brera, Milan. Visited in 2019.

Luca Signorelli, Flagellation, c. 1482-85

Luca Signorelli, The Crucifixion, c. 1504-1505

Original, NGA-DC. Visited in 2017-18.

Luca Signorelli, The Crucifixion, c. 1504-1505

Luca Signorelli, Saint James the Greater with a Living and a Dead Pilgrim, c. 1508

Original, Szepmuveszeti, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Visited in 2019.

Luca Signorelli, Saint James the Greater with a Living and a Dead Pilgrim, c. 1508

Luca Signorelli, A Processional Banner The Presentation on the Temple

Original, Worcester Art Museum, MA. Visited in 2020.

Luca Signorelli, A Processional Banner The Presentation on the Temple

Luca Signorelli, The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1506-1507

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020.

Luca Signorelli, The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1506-1507

Luca Signorelli, Head of a Boy, c. 1492-1493

Original, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Visited in 2018-2020.

Luca Signorelli, Head of a Boy, c. 1492-1493