Luca Signorelli, Italian painter (born c.1450)

Luca Signorelli

Italian Renaissance painter (c. 1441 1445–1523)

Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cortona, in Tuscany, who was noted in particular for his ability as a draftsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescos of the Last Judgment (1499–1503) in Orvieto Cathedral are considered his masterpiece.