Sarto
ANDREA DEL, one of the most distinguished painters of the 16th century; born near Florence, Italy, July 16, 1487. His proper name was Andrea Vanucchi, the appellation der Sarto (of the Tailor) being applied to him from the occupation of his father. He painted many frescoes in his native city, and Francis I. induced him to go to France in 1518. He soon returned to Italy, and having appropriated large sums ANDREA DEL SARTO which had been given him by by his royal patron to purchase purchase the pictures of great masters in Italy, he could not go back to France. Among his most important easel pictures are the "Sacrifice of Abraham" and the "Marriage of St. Catherine," in the gallery of Dresden; "The Madonna di San Francesco," an "Annunciation," and : an "Assumption of the Virgin," at Florence; a "Deposition" from the Cross; a portrait of himself and "Virgin and Child with St. Joseph." He is best known in galleries by his "Holy Families." He died of the plague in Florence, Jan. 22, 1531.