Giorgio Vasari Deposition from the Cross 297 x 188 cm; oil on panel The work was signed by the literary artist and architect Giorgio Vasari the main figure of Tuscan Mannerism. Although he had promised to complete it for the Roman church of Sant'Agostino by 1534, more than ten years passed between the start and completion. T as the strong influences from Francesco Salviati and Michelangelo's “Pietà” indicate, and 1538 when Vasari left Rome for a few years. DORIA PAMPHILJ
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