Working among such 15th-century artists in Florence as Verrocchio, Botticelli, and Ghirlandaio, brothers Antonio and Piero del Pollaiuolo were renowned for the gold- and bronzesmith work and painted altar pieces exhibited in this collection. While the artistic identity of the media that each brother used has been mired in controversy, this history of their work hypothesizes that Antonio was the goldsmith and Piero the painter.

The visionary, dramatic imagination of the renowned brothers is displayed in this scholarly and artistic overview of their definitive works.