Piero di Cosimo

(1462–1522) Italian painter (1462–1522)

Piero di Cosimo (1462–1522) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Piero di Cosimo belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Piero di Cosimo was born in Florence and died in Florence. Piero di Cosimo studied under Cosimo Rosselli. Piero di Cosimo worked in Florence and Tuscany. The students included Andrea del Sarto, Fra Bartolomeo, and Pontormo.

The best-known works include ‘The Death of Procris’, ‘Incarnation of Jesus’, ‘Madonna and Child with a Dove - Piero di Cosimo - Louvre INV 817’, and ‘Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci’. The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 47 works by Piero di Cosimo with free images. The dated works span the years 1480–2000. Works by Piero di Cosimo are held by several collections, among them Samuel H. Kress Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, and National Gallery. Wikidata links 2 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Bernardino Fungai, Macrino d'Alba, Pellegrino Aretusi, Benedetto Rusconi, and Alessandro Araldi.

• The Renaissance
• Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci
• The Death of Procris
• Perseus Freeing Andromeda
• Venus, Mars and Cupid
• Incarnation of Jesus
• Visitation
• Sermon on the Mount
• The Forest Fire
• Discovery of Honey by Piero di Cosimo
• Saint Mary Magdalene
• Madonna and Child with a Dove - Piero di Cosimo - Louvre INV 817
• A Hunting Scene