Andrea del Sarto: A Statement Worthy of Examination The bittersweet poem Andrea del Sarto by Robert Browning is the story of a painter who, with un-Godly amounts of talent, never fulfills his potential in becoming a great, prolific painter, in the exalted ranks of Raphael. Browning attributes this to del Sarto�s wife, as is the case with most women, she binds del Sarto with �love,� thus oppressing him from his destiny, which is to become one of the world�s finest artists. Andrea del Sarto, one of, if not, the finest poems ever written by Browning contains a much deeper meaning that holds true