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Pietro Aretino

(1492–1556)

Works:

• Angelica (Italian)

• Il divino Pietro Aretino a lo Imperadore ne la morte del Duca d’Urbino (Italian)

• Il primo libro delle lettere (Italian)

• Il secondo libro delle lettere (Italian)

• La Cortigiana (Italian)

• Dubbj amorosi, altri dubbj e sonetti lussuriosi (Italian)

• L’oeuvre du divin Arétin, première partie (French)

• L’oeuvre du divin Arétin, deuxième partie (French)

• L’Orlandino (Italian)

• Ragionamenti (Italian)

• Sonetti lussuriosi (Italian)

Aretino in Art:

Tiziano (c.1488-1576)
Pietro Aretino
c.1537
Frick Collection, New York

 

 

Tiziano (c.1488-1576)
Ritratto di Pietro Aretino
1545
Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze

 

Born April 20 1492 Arezzo (Italia)
Died October 21 1556 Venezia (Italia)
Cause of death Laughing
Occupation Humanist Playwright
Occupation Poet Writer

Tags: 1492 1556 Apollinaire April 20 Aretino Arezzo humanist Italia Italian laughing literature Michelangelo October 21 playwright poet Renaissance satirist Tiziano Venezia writer

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