Giuliano & Francesco Giamberti by Piero di Cosimo
Rijksmuseum - Amsterdam - Portraits of Giuliano and Francesco Giamberti da Sangallo by Piero di Cosimo, Florence, 1482-1485.
The diptych shows the leading Florentine architect Giuliano da Sangallo and his recently deceased father Francesco, who was an architect as well as a musician. These are among the earliest portraits to characterize their sitters by profession: a pen and compass allude to architecture, the sheet music to music. Both disciplines are based on notions of harmony and proportion.
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