Francesco del Prato was an Italian
still-life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, boo ...
painter of the
Renaissance period. He was first a goldsmith, but afterwards turned to painting, and put himself under the instruction of
il Salviati. He died in 1562.
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16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Renaissance painters
Italian still life painters
1562 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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