Artists

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  Triumphant Christ $AU 286.88 ~ 4,457.90
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  Foundation of the Library $AU 285.84 ~ 9,473.76

Melozzo da Forli (1438 Forli-1494 Forli) was probably trained in his native city by the painter Ansuino da Forli, but after 1565 worked in Rome, receiving large commissions from Pope Sixtus IV (1471-1484) and his family starting in 1477. Melozzo left Rome twice in 1475 and again in 1480 to work on the portraits of scholars and the allegories of the Liberal Arts in the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino along with Justus van Ghent. In 1484 Melozzo returned to Forli, but left again for Rome after five years; evidence suggests he was living in Ancona in1493. Melozzo is recognized as one of the first important Renaissance painters who spent a lenghty period in Rome. As a painter of panels and frescoes, he was a master of architectural perspective, with a preference for bold perspectival foreshortening in his figures an approach which he followed the design principles of both Andrea Mantegna and Piero della Francesco. Other works by the artist include The Peppershaker, Pinacoteca Comunale, Forli; Mark the Evangelist, c. 1470, San Marco, Rome; and Pope St. Mark, c. 1470, San Marco, Rome.