Sarto, Andrea Del

(1486-1531)

Sarto, Andrea del (1486-1531) The best painter in 16th-century Florence, who
had more feeling for tone and color than most of his contemporaries. He was the
first Florentine to depart from the colored drawing approach in favor of
composition by patches of colored light and shade. Del Sarto went to France in
1518-1519 at the invitation of Francois I and was well received, but he broke
his contract in order to return to his wife, who, in the opinion of
contemporaries, ruined him. He failed to live up to his great promise, but his
works are of great importance in the evolution of Florentine painting.

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