Alesso Baldovinetti belongs to the record of art as a figure whose work outlasted the taste that first received it.
The record lists Alesso Baldovinetti as Italian painter (1425-1499).
Alesso Baldovinetti was born at Florence in 1425.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as painter.
Among his best-known works are Adoration of the shepherds, Annunciation and Retable of Cafaggiolo. Art history is a record of what got kept, which is not the same as what was best.
Alesso Baldovinetti died in 1499, aged 74. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Adoration of the shepherds
- Notable work: Annunciation
- Notable work: Retable of Cafaggiolo
