Giorgio Vasari
(Italian, 1511–1574)
Biography
Giorgio Vasari was an Italian artist, architect, and writer best known for his comprehensive book of biographies Lives of the Artists (1550). In the book, Vasari used an anecdotal style of writing to discuss the life and work of Giotto, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci, among several others. “Art owes its origin to Nature herself,” he once said. “This beautiful creation, the world, supplied the first model, while the original teacher was that divine intelligence which has not only made us superior to the other animals, but like God Himself, if I may venture to say it.” Born on July 30, 1511 in Arezzo, Italy, he went to Florence as a youth to study architecture and painting under Andrea del Sarto. Under the patronage of the Medici family, Vasari produced frescoes and was the architect of the Uffizi gallery. His acclaimed book of biographies stemmed from a desire to chart the course of Italian art. Tracking its cultural trajectory from Classical Rome, through the Dark Ages, and into its resurgence during the Renaissance. During his life, Vasari lived luxuriously and was highly regarded by artists and patrons alike. He died on June 27, 1574 in Florence, Italy. Today, the artist's works are held in the collections of the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Courtauld Institute of Art in London, and the Prado Museum in Madrid, among others.
Giorgio Vasari Artworks
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Follower of Giorgio Vasari
Portrait du peintre Jacopo di Casentino..., 1600
Sale Date: April 25, 2024
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Follower of Giorgio Vasari
Portrait du peintre Jacopo di Casentino..., 1600
Sale Date: December 5, 2023
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Circle of Giorgio Vasari
Portrait of the Florentine gonfalonier Luca Pitti
Sale Date: April 27, 2023
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Circle of Giorgio Vasari
Projet de décor de plafond figurant les...
Sale Date: March 22, 2023
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Circle of Giorgio Vasari
Design for the upper section of an altarpiece...
Sale Date: July 6, 2022
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Giorgio Vasari
The Holy family with the infant Saint John the...
Sale Date: May 25, 2022
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Giorgio Vasari
The Martyrdom of Saint Peter of Verona (after...
Sale Date: November 26, 2021
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Circle of Giorgio Vasari
DER TAG - HERKULISCHER MÄNNERAKT VOR EINEM...
Sale Date: September 24, 2021
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School of Giorgio Vasari
Etude pour le plafond de l'église Pie V au Vatican
Sale Date: September 23, 2020
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Circle of Giorgio Vasari
Seven Bishop Saints Attended by Putti with a...
Sale Date: November 5, 2019
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