盧卡·西諾萊利在1441年至1445年間出生于托斯卡納的科爾托納,出生名為盧卡·埃吉迪奥·迪·文圖拉(Luca d'Egidio di Ventura)。他的舅舅拉扎羅·瓦薩里(Lazzaro Vasari)是喬爾喬·瓦薩里的曾祖父,據喬爾喬·瓦薩里記載,拉扎羅曾送盧卡·西諾萊利到皮耶羅·德拉·弗朗切斯卡手下當學徒。盧卡·西諾萊利1472年在阿雷佐、1474年在卡斯泰洛城繪製作品。他曾送過洛倫佐·德·美第奇一幅畫,珍妮特·羅斯和她的丈夫在1870年左右發現這幅畫並將其交給柏林的一家博物館,但二戰中被聯軍的炸彈炸毀。[1]
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