Giuliano Pesello, born Giuliano d'Arrigo (sometimes spelled Arrigho) (ca. 1367 - 1446), was an Italian painter of the early

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

period, active mainly in

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

. He was a pupil of the painter

Andrea del Castagno Andrea del Castagno () or Andrea di Bartolo di Bargilla (; – 19 August 1457) was an Italian Renaissance painting, Italian Renaissance painter in Florence, influenced chiefly by Masaccio and Giotto, Giotto di Bondone. His works include fresc ...

. Vasari states he painted drawings of animals with skill. He is often called Il Pesello. His son in law

Stefano di Francesco Stefano di Francesco (died 1427) was an Italian (Florentine) painter, who probably died young, as he left a five-year-old son, and was outlived twenty years by his father-in-law, the painter Giuliano Pesello (1367–1446). His son was the painte ...

, also a painter, died in 1427, leaving a very young son,

Francesco Pesellino Francesco Pesellino (probably 1422 – July 29, 1457), also known as Francesco di Stefano, was an Italian Renaissance painter active in Florence. His father was the painter Stefano di Francesco (died 1427), and his maternal grandfather was the ...

, whom Pesello brought up and trained. Pesellino appears to have inherited his grandfather's studio, and became a celebrated painter in his own right.

Gallery

File:Masolino, madonna dell'umiltà, firenze.jpg, ''Madonna dell'Umiltà'' (Madonna of Humility), Firenze File:Pesello, madonna col bambino e angeli, rotterdam.jpg, ''Madonna col Bambino e angeli'' (Madonna and Child with Angels), Rotterdam File:Pesello, testa di madonna.jpg, ''Testa di Madonna'' (Head of Our Lady), Milan File:Pesello (attr.) emisfero celeste, 1442 circa, sagrestia vecchia, firenze.jpg, ''Emisfero celeste'' (Celestial hemisphere),

Sagrestia Vecchia The Sagrestia Vecchia di San Lorenzo, or Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo, is the older of two sacristies of the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy. It is one of the most important monuments of early Italian Renaissance architecture. Designed ...

, circa 1442

References

Getty Union Artists Name List
*National Gallery Catalogues (new series): ''The Fifteenth Century Italian Paintings'', Volume 1, by

Dillian Gordon Dillian Rosalind Gordon OBE is a British art historian who worked as a curator at the National Gallery, London from 1978 to 2010, latterly as Curator of Italian Paintings before 1460. She lives in Oxford. She was appointed OBE in 2011 for servic ...

, 2003, *

External links

painting in Rome
14th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 15th-century Italian painters Painters from Florence Italian Renaissance painters Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown {{Italy-painter-15thC-stub