Piero di Cosimo, The Discovery of Honey, c. 1499, oil on panel, 31.2” x 50.6”, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Make the Time: Piero di Cosimo at the National Gallery of Art
Don’t miss the retrospective exhibition of works by Piero di Cosimo, Florentine Renaissance master, at the National Gallery of Art. The last time there was an exhibition of Piero di Cosimo’s work in the United States was 1938.
Piero di Cosimo is not a household name because his accomplishments are obscured in the long shadows of his famous contemporaries Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo; nevertheless, his work is intriguing. Known for his unusual religious and mythological subjects that continue to puzzle scholars, Piero developed an inventive visual language of his own. He was highly skilled, but his original compositions earned him a reputation as a radical. Writing in 1568, Giorgio Vasari said many considered him a “madman.”
The exhibition is on view now through May 3, 2015.
