Pippo Spano

Andrea del CastagnoAround 1450

Uffizi Gallery
Florence, Italy

This detached fresco comes from a cycle of portraits of famous men and women painted in 1449-50 in the family villa, Villa Carducci in Legnaia. Filippo Scolari (1369-1426) was known as Pippo Spano from Ispàn (Magistrate), a title used in an area where the famous Florentine leader was in the service of Hungary.

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Title: Pippo Spano
Creator: Andrea del Castagno
Creator Death Place: Firenze (Italy)
Creator Birth Place: Castagno (Italy)
Date Created: Around 1450
Style: Eary Reanaissance/ Portraits of famous men
Provenance: Villa Carducci in Legnaia, Florence
Physical Dimensions: w1540 x h2500 mm
Original Title: Pippo Spano, Niccolò Acciaiuoli, Francesco Petrarca
Type: painting
Medium: Tempera on panel

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