Sebastiano del Piombo (c.1485-1547) was a close associate or rival of the central artistic figures of the High Renaissance, notably Michelangelo and Raphael. After the death of Raphael and the departu
The sixteenth century was a critical period both for Spaina€?s formation and for the imperial dominance of her Crown. Spanish monarchs ruled far and wide, spreading agents and culture across Europe an
Ten authors offer novel accounts of the phenomenon of oil painting on stone surfaces in Northern and Southern Europe, from Sebastiano del Piombo’s invention at Rome in the sixteenth century to the ma
Through most of Michelangelo’s working life, one of his closest colleagues was the great Venetian painter Sebastiano del Piombo (1485–1541). The two men met in Rome in 1511, shortly after Sebastiano’