Francesco di Giorgio is first recorded as active in 1464. From 1477 at the latest he was in the service of the Duke of Urbino, where he stayed for some years. Apart from this, he was active chiefly in Siena, but also in Naples and elsewhere in Italy. He was best known as a sculptor, architect and engineer.
Francesco di Giorgio
1439 - 1501
Paintings by Francesco di Giorgio
This little panel, which is also decorated on the reverse, shows Saint Dorothy with Jesus, a toddler, carrying a basket of roses. She caries a stem of roses in bloom and bud and gazes tenderly at the boy. Saint Dorothy was martyred for her faith in the city of Caesarea (in modern-day Turkey), in...
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