Piero Pollaiuolo

Piero Pollaiuolo (c.1441-1496), also known as Piero Benci, was an Italian painter during the Renaissance. His brother was the artist Antonio Pollaiuolo and the two frequently worked together. Their work shows both classical influences and an interest in human anatomy; reportedly, the brothers carried out dissections to improve their knowledge of the subject.

Pollaiuolo's work includes:

• Altarpiece of the SS. Vincent, James and Eustace (http://musa.uffizi.firenze.it/Dipinti/polltresantiE9) (1468) - tempera on wood - LINK IS BROKEN
• Portrait of a woman (http://www.museopoldipezzoli.it/PP_inglese/museo/collezioni/pittura/rinascimento) (c.1470)
• Portrait of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (http://musa.uffizi.firenze.it/Dipinti/pollsforzaE9) (c.1471) - tempera on wood - LINK IS BROKEN
• Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian (http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG292) (completed 1475) - oil on wood

Giorgio Vasari includes a biography of Pollaiuolo in his Lives of the Artists.