Luca Signorelli
Also known as Lucas Cortonensis, Luca d'Egidio di maestro Ventura de' Signorelli, Signorelli, Lucas Signorelli, luca signorelli gen. luca da cortona, Luca Signorelli da Cortona, Luca Signorilli
Italian Renaissance painter (c.1450-1523)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1441?
- Died
- 1523
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Luca Signorelli [a cura di] Adolfo Venturini
- Orvieto's Duomo, San Brizio's chapel (the nuova chapel)
- Omaggio a Signorelli
- Luca Signorelli
- How Fra Angelico and Signorelli saw the end of the world
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Italy
- Active from
- 1450
- Active to
- 1523
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Article
Luca Signorelli (c. 1441/1445 – 16 October 1523) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the Last Judgment (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece.
In his early 40s he returned to live in Cortona, after working in Florence, Siena and Rome (1478–84, painting a now lost section of the Sistine Chapel). With an established reputation, he remained based in Cortona for the rest of his life, but often travelled to the cities of the region to fulfill commissions. He was probably trained by Piero della Francesca in Florence, as his cousin Giorgio Vasari wrote.