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Painter of Cortona, c. 1450 - 1523

"In the Madonna, the principal church of Orvieto, he finished with his own hand the chapel that Fra Giovanni da Fiesole had formerly begun there; in which chapel he painted all the scenes at the end of the world with bizarre and fantastic invention..." I-611

The end of the world, Capella Nuova di S. Brizio, Orvieto
"...angels demons, ruins, earthquakes, fires, miracles of Antichrist, and many other things besides, such as nudes, foreshortenings and many beautiful figures; imagining the terror that there shall be on that last and awful day." I-611

Capella Nuova di S. Brizio
Capella Nuova di S. Brizio (detail)
Capella Nuova di S. Brizio (detail)
Ferrying the dead, Capella Nuova di S. Brizio (detail)
Driving the damned, Capella Nuova di S. Brizio (detail)
The Damned, Capella Nuova di S. Brizio
The Elect, Capella Nuova di S. Brizio
The Resurrection of the Flesh, Capella Nuova di S. Brizio
"In this work Luca portrayed himself and many of his friends; Niccolo, Paolo and Vitelozzo Vitelli, Giovan Paolo and Orazio Baglioni, and others whose names are not known." I-611


The Sermon and Deeds of the AntiChrist, Capella Nuova di S. Brizio

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