Luca SignorelliItalian, 1450–1523Man on a Ladder
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Man on a Ladder” now? Collection: The National Gallery, London. Unknown.
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- NG6659
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: The National Gallery — Luca Signorelli · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
In the life of Luca Signorelli
The whole life1490s
At the head of a workshop in great demand
Signorelli worked across central Italy at the head of a much sought-after workshop, and his standing grew during the 1490s.
5 April 1499
Contract for the chapel frescoes in Orvieto
Signorelli undertook to complete the vault of the cathedral's Cappella Nuova, begun by Fra Angelico, for 200 ducats, and the walls for a further 600, with lodging and a monthly allowance of two measures of wine and two quarters of corn. The contract required him to consult the Masters of the Sacred Page on theological matters — the first recorded instance of an artist receiving theological advice.
1508
Summoned to the Vatican by Julius II — and dismissed for Raphael
Pope Julius II summoned Signorelli, Perugino, Pinturicchio and Il Sodoma to Rome to paint the large rooms of the Vatican Palace, but soon dismissed them all to make way for Raphael; their work was taken down, except for the ceiling of the Stanza della Segnatura. Signorelli returned to Siena, but lived mostly in his native Cortona.
