Editing Luca Signorelli (section)

{{Short description|Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1441 1445–1523)}}
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| name             = Luca Signorelli
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| image            = Signorelli, Luca - selfportrait alone.jpg
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| alt              = Middle aged or old man with long blond hair and black hat
| caption          = Self-portrait of Signorelli, from ''[[The Preaching of the Antichrist]]'', 1500–1504
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| birth_place      = [[Cortona]], Italy
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| death_place      = Cortona, Italy
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| nationality      = Italian
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| movement         = [[Early Renaissance]]
| spouse           = Gallizia di Piero Carnesecchi
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| father           = Egidio di Ventura
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| birth_name       = Luca d'Egidio di Ventura
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'''Luca Signorelli''' ({{circa|1441/1445}} – 16 October 1523) was an [[Italian Renaissance painter]] from [[Cortona]], in [[Tuscany]], who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of [[foreshortening]]. His massive [[fresco]]s of the ''Last Judgment'' (1499–1503) in [[Orvieto Cathedral]] are considered his masterpiece.

In his early 40s he returned to live in Cortona, after working in Florence, [[Siena]] and Rome (1478–84, painting a now lost section of the [[Sistine Chapel]]).  With an established reputation, he remained based in Cortona for the rest of his life, but often travelled to the cities of the region to fulfill commissions.  He was probably trained by [[Piero della Francesca]] in Florence, as his cousin [[Giorgio Vasari]] wrote.

Cortona hosted a major exhibition in 2023 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of his death.<ref>[https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6350122?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intobjectid=6350122&from=salessummary&lid=1 ''The Massacre of the Innocents with the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Adoration of the Magi - panel from a predella''], [[Christie's]], Live Auction 20055, Lot 22, December 2021</ref>