Luca Signorelli

Timeline

1. 1472–1488Rome · RomeHe painted in Arezzo in 1472 and in Castiglion Fiorentino in 1474, and presented the School of Pan to Lorenzo de' Medici (the original Berlin version is lost). In 1481–1482 he painted The Testament and Death of Moses in the Sistine Chapel. In 1484 he completed the St Onofrio Altarpiece in Perugia, and his name became increasingly known in central Italy.
2. 1488–1498Cortona · CortonaFrom 1488 he held civic office in Cortona while maintaining a productive workshop. In the 1490s he left works such as the Martyrdom of St Sebastian in Castiglion Fiorentino, influencing the young Raphael. In 1497–1498 he painted eight frescoes of the life of St Benedict in the Abbey of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, then moved on to Orvieto to undertake his masterpiece.
3. 1499–1503San Brizio Chapel, Orvieto Cathedral · OrvietoOn 5 April 1499 he signed a contract to complete the vault of the San Brizio Chapel, left unfinished by Fra Angelico fifty years earlier, and to paint the walls with apocalyptic and Last Judgment scenes including The Sermon of the Antichrist, The Resurrection of the Flesh, and The Damned Cast into Hell. The contract required consulting masters of scripture on theological details. His nude groups and violent foreshortening were extremely bold for the time and are often cited as a precursor to Michelangelo's Sistine altar wall.