Artist

Domenico Beccafumi

1484-1551 · Italian · 2 places

The outstanding Sienese painter of the 16th century, Beccafumi developed a Mannerist idiom of acid colour, dramatic foreshortening, and supernatural lighting effects that distinguishes Sienese painting from the Florentine Mannerists. His…

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