Portrait of Petrarch

Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte
Munich, Germany

This image shows a fresco of Petrarch by Andrea del Castagno, dating from 1449-1451. The fresco portrays the Italian scholar and poet Dominus Franciscus Petrarcha in a monastic robe, holding a book in one hand and gesturing with the other. Castagno's attention to detail and his use of perspective were innovative for his time.

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