Giovanni Florimi or Florini was a 17th-century
Italian engraver, active in
Tuscany.
He was a pupil of the Flemish engraver
Cornelis Galle the Elder
Cornelis Galle the Elder (1576 – 29 March 1650), a younger son of Philip Galle, was born at Antwerp in 1576, and was taught engraving by his father. He followed the example of his brother Theodoor in visiting Rome, where he resided for severa ...
. He worked at
Siena in 1630. His works consist principally of portraits, and among them, that of
Francesco Piccolomini, after
Francesco Vanni. He also engraved the frontispiece for the book of ''Concetti Davidici Figurati'' by the Olivetan abbot P. Orazio Pandolfini, published in Pisa in 1635. He also engraved a portrait of
Camillo Borghese,
archbishop of Siena
In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdioc ...
, and a picture of the ''Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia''.
''Biografia degli artisti''
by Francesco de' Boni, 1840, Venice, page 370.
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References
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Italian engravers
Painters from Siena
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