Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi

Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi was an artist active across the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries, with his documented career spanning the period of 1481 to 1525. Collections represented in museums, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, highlight his technical range across multiple media, including four drawings or design studies and two Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi paintings.

The works represented demonstrate versatility in subject matter and execution. His output included ambitious architectural and monumental design, exemplified by the detailed conceptual study Design for an Elaborate Barrel-Vaulted Chapel and the funerary project Design for the Right-hand Section of the Tomb of Cardinal Francesco Armellini. Furthermore, his mastery of figural representation is documented by the preparatory drawing Crouching Figure of Atlas.

Peruzzi's existing paintings include a formal genre portrait, Portrait of an Olivetan Monk, and significant fresco work, represented by the preserved fragment Frescoes from the Villa Stati-Mattei. As many of these historical artifacts are now considered public domain, high-quality prints and reproductions of the artist’s work are widely accessible for scholarly review. These Baldassarre Tommaso Peruzzi prints and studies provide crucial documentation of early sixteenth-century design practices.