Some artists live in the shadows of their time.
The Florentine Piero di Cosimo (1461? – 1521?) took his surname from the Christian name of his teacher, Cosimo Rosselli (1439-1507). Failing to sign and date his works, he left a challenge for art historians.
He will receive considerable attention in an upcoming exhibit running from February 1 – May 3, 2015 at Washington’s National Gallery of Art: http://bit.ly/PierodiCosimo.
To learn more about Piero di Cosimo and his work, see also the story by Carol Vogel in the New York Times: http://bit.ly/Cosimo.