Portraits of Giuliano and Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo

Piero di Cosimo, 1482 - 1485

This exceptional diptych shows the leading Florentine architect Giuliano da Sangallo and his recently deceased father Francesco, who was an architect as well as a musician. These are among the earliest portraits to characterize their sitters by profession: a pen and compass allude to architecture, the sheet music to music. Both disciplines are based on notions of harmony and proportion.

Artwork typepainting
Object numberSK-C-1367
Dimensionsheight 47.5 cm x width 33.5 cm
Physical characteristicsoil on panel

Stories

1:18 min. - A Florentine architect and his recently deceased father

Portraits of Giuliano and Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo

Father and Son

Forever framed together

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Identification

Title(s)
Portraits of Giuliano and Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo
Object type
Object number
SK-C-1367
Description
Portret van Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo (1404-1482). Architect en musicus, vader van Giuliano de Sangallo. Buste, profiel naar links, op de achtergrond een landschap. Onderaan de voorstelling op een plint ligt een blad met muziek. Onderdeel, met SK-C-1368, van een diptiek.

Creation

Creation
painter: Piero di Cosimo, Florence
Dating
1482 - 1485
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Material and technique

Physical description
oil on panel
Dimensions
height 47.5 cm x width 33.5 cm

This work is about

Person
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Acquisition and rights

Credit line
On loan from the Koninklijk Kabinet van Schilderijen Mauritshuis
Copyright
Public domain

Documentation

- 'Portretpendanten van Piero di Cosimo : gerestaureerd en opnieuw ingelijst', in: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Jaarverslag 2007, Amsterdam 2008, p. 44-45.
- Inzoomer object op zaal, 2013 (Nederlands/English).
- K. Jonckheere, '"When the cabinet from Het Loo was sold": the auction of William III's collection of paintings, 26 July 1713', Simiolus 31(2004-2005), nr. 3, p. 212, afb. 36.
- C. von Fabriczy, 'Giuliano da Sangallo', Jahrbuch der Königlich Preussischen Kunstsammlungen (Beiheft zum 32 Band (1902).
- D. Carl, 'New Documents for Piero di Cosimo's portrait of Francesco di Bartolo Giamberti', in: The Burlington Magazine, CLVII, January 2015, p. 4-8