. Giorgio di Giovanni, also known as ''Giorgio da Siena'' (active 1538 and died 1559), was an Italian painter of the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

period, active mainly in

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...

Biography

Little is known about the life of the painter. His works, for example the frescoes at the Castello di Belcaro, have also been attributed to

Baldassare Peruzzi Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi (7 March 1481 – 6 January 1536) was an Italian architect and painter, born in a small town near Siena (in Ancaiano, ''frazione'' of Sovicille) and died in Rome. He worked for many years with Bramante, Raphael, and la ...

. Other works such as the ''Flight of Cloelia'' have been attributed to Domenico Beccafumi and Marco Bigio. Giorgio di Giovanni is known to have worked circa 1525–1530 on the Vatican Loggia in Rome along with Giovanni da Udine.Sotheby's information on auction of ''Flight of Cloelia'' painting.
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Date of birth unknown 1559 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Siena Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub