ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -"Andrea del Sarto” (also called “The Faultless Painter") is a poem by Robert Browning (1812–1889) published in his 1855 poetry collection, Men and Women. It is a dramatic monologue, a form of poetry for which he is famous, about the Italian painter Andrea del Sarto.

Detailed explanation-2: -Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning | Poetry Foundation.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to tradition, Browning wrote “Andrea del Sarto”-perhaps his single greatest monologue-as a response to his friend John Kenyon’s request for a copy of Andrea del Sarto’s self-portrait with his wife Lucrezia.

Detailed explanation-4: -His most popular poems include Porphyria’s Lover, How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix, the diptych Meeting at Night, the patriotic Home Thoughts from Abroad, and the children’s poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin.