Francesco Brina or Del Brina or Brini (1540 – 1586) was an Italian painter of the

Mannerist Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...

period, active mainly in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...

Francesco Brina - Madonna col Bambino e San Giovannino

Niccolò Betti, Virgen de la leche con niño y san juanito en un paisaje col par

S. J. Freedberg ascribes his training to either

Ridolfo Ghirlandaio Ridolfo di Domenico Bigordi, better known as Ridolfo Ghirlandaio (14 February 1483 – 6 June 1561) was an Italian Renaissance painter active mainly in Florence. He was the son of Domenico Ghirlandaio. Biography He was born in Florence. Since ...

or more likely his son,

Michele di Ridolfo Michele Tosini, also called ''Michele di Ridolfo'', (1503–1577) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance and Mannerist period, who worked in Florence. Biography He apprenticed initially with Lorenzo di Credi and Antonio del Ceraiolo, but the ...

. He holds him to have followed the "most conservative adaptation of the Vasarian maniera". He appeared to limit his output to mostly devotional ''Madonna and Child'' paintings (''madonneri''), and in this endeavor, paraphrasing the compositions and expressions of

Andrea del Sarto Andrea del Sarto (, , ; 16 July 1486 – 29 September 1530) was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism. He was known as an outstanding fresco decorator, painter of altar-pieces, ...

. His brother Giovanni Brina (died 1599) helped Francesco in his work and copied his style . Freedberg, Sydney J. ''Painting in Italy, 1500–1600'', 3rd edn., page 620, 1993, Yale, He painted an ''Adoration'' at

Santa Felicita, Florence Santa Felicita (Church of St Felicity) is a Roman Catholic church in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy, probably the oldest in the city after San Lorenzo. In the 2nd century, Syrian Greek merchants settled in the area south of the Arno and are th ...

. He painted an ''Annunciation with Saints'' for a chapel in the church of

San Gaggio, Florence The Church of San Gaggio ( it, Chiesa di San Gaggio) is a Roman Catholic church located on via Senese in Florence, Italy. It was once associated with a large convent. An early church at the site was associated with the Patarines, and demolished ...

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1540 births 1586 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Italian Mannerist painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub