SODOMA, Il (b. 1477, Vercelli, d. 1549, Siena) Il Sodoma (originally Giovanni Antonio Bazzi), Italian painter, whose work bridges the High Renaissance and Mannerist styles. He drew on the lush style of the Italian painters Luca Signorelli and Raphael, as well as on the sfumato (softening) technique of Leonardo, to create religious and mythological works that were graceful, delicate, and occasionally self-conscious in their beauty and sweetness. His most important project was the series of 31 frescoes in the monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore (1508).

Allegory of Celestial Love Oil on canvas Chigi Saracini Collection, Siena   Flagellation of Christ c. 1510 Oil on wood, 36,5 x 70,3 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest       The Death of Lucretia 1513 Oil on wood, 71 x 61 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest   The Road to Calvary c. 1510 Oil on wood, 36,5 x 62 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest       The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine 1539-40 Oil on panel, 95 x 76 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome   The Rape of the Sabine Women 1506-07 Oil on panel, 76 x 170 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome       Pietà c. 1540 Oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome   St. George and the Dragon about 1518 Wood National Gallery of Art, Washington         St. Sebastian 1525 Oil on canvas, 206 x 154 cm Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence