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Pippo Spano

Andrea del CastagnoAround 1450

Uffizi Gallery

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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