Early Life, Family and Training Cortona, Tuscany, provides the setting for the beginning of Luca Signorelli. Born Luca d'Egidio di Ventura, his arrival occurs in a window of uncertainty, likely between 1441 and 1445. The landscape of his youth is defined by the humanist currents of the Italian Renaissance, though his specific formative years remain partially obscured by the passage of time. Perugia offers the first real glimpse of his artistic inclinations. It is here that his early impressions of art take shape, absorbing the visual language of the era. This period of discovery sets the st…