Perino del vaga biography of barack obama

Perin del Vega, or Vaga, sometimes called Perino, is the nickname of the Italian Mannerist, Piero (or Pietro) Buonaccorsi.

Perino del vaga biography of barack obama

Del Vaga's style was renowned for his vitality and elegance. His paintings are considered important in the mediation between the Roman Raphaelesque (of Raphael) tradition and the emergence of Florentine Mannerism; with this he combined the manners of Raphael (1483 – 1520) and the Florentine, Andrea del Sarto (1486 – 1531).

Many of his works were engraved, even in his own lifetime.

He was first apprenticed to a druggist, but soon passed into the hands of a mediocre painter, Andrea da Ceri, and when eleven years of age, to the more accomplished Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (1483 - 1561), son of Domenico Ghirlandaio.

He was one of Ghirlandaio's most talented pupils and then under another mediocre painter, Vaga from Toscanella, the young Del Vega traveled to Rome. When first in Rome, he was utterly poor and with no clear prospect beyond journey-work for trad