Pierino da Vinci

He studied under both Baccio Bandinelli (1488–1560) and Niccolò Tribolo (1500–1550). Pierino died from malarial fever at the age of 23, in Pisa, in 1553-4. The biographical information about this artist comes almost exclusively from Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects by Giorgio Vasari; this history of art and artists reports a mixture of fact and legend, making it difficult to establish reliable historical information about the subject, in the absence of other sources. A relief that was admired by Vasari and was long thought to be by Michelangelo was recently the subject of an unsuccessful effort to keep it in the United Kingdom when it came up for auction. According to Vasari, the relief was made by Pierino in 1549 for Luca Martini dell’Ala (1507–1561), who was then in Pisa in the service of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It depicts Ugolino and his sons. The work is now in the collection of the Liechtenstein Museum. Several sculptures, now believed to be by Pierino da Vinci, were at one time attributed to Michelangelo. His Samson Slaying a Philistine (1551/52) is displayed at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Portrait of a Young Man (ca. 1550) by Bronzino is thought to be of him.

Training under Baccio Bandinelli and Niccolò Tribolo is recorded. The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Works named in the authority record are Leda and the Swan, Lying puttos and Samson and the Philistine statuette. Work by Pierino da Vinci is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Louvre Museum, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Villa La Petraia.

Pierino da Vinci was recorded at birth as Pier Francesco di Bartolomeo. The authorities additionally record the headings Pierino Da Vinci, Pierfrancesco di Bartolomeo di Ser Piero da Vinci and Pier Francesco di Bartolomeo di Ser Piero da Vinci. His recorded language was Italian.

Pierino da Vinci is recorded as sculptor and silversmith. Recognition and collections.