Andrea del Castagno belongs to the record of art as a figure whose work outlasted the taste that first received it.
The record lists Andrea del Castagno as Italian painter (1420–1457).
Andrea del Castagno was born at San Godenzo in 1420.
This was the period in which the artist became an individual with a signature, a reputation and a price.
He worked as painter.
His recorded movement is italian renaissance.
Among his best-known works are The Holy Trinity, St Jerome, and Two Saints, Last Supper and Assumption of the Virgin. Art history is a record of what got kept, which is not the same as what was best.
Andrea del Castagno died in 1457, aged 37. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: The Holy Trinity, St Jerome, and Two Saints
- Notable work: Last Supper
- Notable work: Assumption of the Virgin
- Notable work: Christ in the Sepulchre with Two Angels
- Movement: Italian Renaissance
