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Giovanni Biliverti (surname also written as Bilivelt and Bilivert or other variants) (Florence, 25 August 1585 – Florence, 16 July 1644) was an Italian painter of the late-

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and early-

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period, active mainly in his adoptive city of

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, as well as

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Life and work

Biliverti was born as Jan Bilevelt. His father was

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(born as Jacob Janszoon Bijlevelt) (1550–1603), goldsmith and hard-stone carver working for the Medici. After his father’s death in 1603, Giovanni worked in the studio of

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, following him in April 1604 till 1607 to Rome. There he worked in projects approved by

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. In 1609 Bilivert joined the Medici-sponsored

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, the ''Accademia del Disegno'' in Florence. Bilivert was employed by

Cosimo II de' Medici Cosimo II de' Medici (12 May 1590 – 28 February 1621) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until his death. He was the elder son of Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Christina of Lorraine. For the majority of his twelve-ye ...

from 1611 until 1621, as a designer for works in

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. His ''Grateful Tobias'' and ''Chastity of Joseph'' (c. 1618) are found in the Galleria Palatina of the

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. Late in life, he became blind Ticozzi p 101. Among his pupils were

Cecco Bravo Cecco Bravo (15 November 1601 – 1661) was an Italian painter of the Florentine Baroque school. His true name is Francesco Montelatici. Biography He trained with Giovanni Biliverti and was also close to Sigismondo Coccapani. In the early 16 ...

Agostino Melissi Agostino Melissi (c.1616, Florence – 1683, Florence) was an Italian painter of the Baroque art, Baroque period; active mainly in Florence. Biography He began as a pupil of Matteo Rosselli then, from 1634, served an apprenticeship in the studio ...

Baccio del Bianco Luigi Baccio del Bianco or Baccio del Bianco (31 October 1604 – July 1657) was an Italian architect, engineer, scenic designer and painter. Biography He was born in Florence where his father, Cosimo del Bianco, sold cloth to the nobility fo ...

, and

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. He painted a ''Hagar in the Desert'' once in the Hermitage and a ''Christ and the Samaritan Woman'' once in the Belvedere in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Biliverti, Giovanni 1585 births 1644 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Italian Mannerist painters Painters from Florence