Girolamo Macchietti (c. 1535/1541-1592) was an Italian painter active 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 ...

, working in a Mannerist style.

Biography

He was a pupil of

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 ...

. During the years 1556-1562, worked as an assistant to Giorgio Vasari in the decoration of the

Palazzo Vecchio The Palazzo Vecchio ( "Old Palace") is the City hall, town hall of Florence, Italy. It overlooks the Piazza della Signoria, which holds a copy of Michelangelo's ''David (Michelangelo), David'' statue, and the gallery of statues in the adjacent ...

, where he worked with

Mirabello Cavalori Mirabello Cavalori (1535–1572) was an Italian painter of Mannerist style, active mainly in Florence. Cavalori was born in Salincorno, near Montefortino. He was a contemporary of Maso da San Friano and younger than Vasari. The latter painter ...

. He participated in the Vasari-directed decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I with two canvases, one relating a ''Jason and Medea'' (1570) and the other a ''Baths of Pozzuoli'' (1572). He also painted an altarpiece on the ''Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence'' for

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. In 1577, he completed a ''Gloria di San Lorenzo'' for

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Cathedral. He traveled to Rome and spent two years in Spain (1587–1589). No works are recorded from these travels.

Works

* ''Pala Lioni'', 1562–68, Florence, Villa Lioni-Michelozzi-Roti-Clavarino * ''Epiphany'', 1568, Florence, San Lorenzo * ''Jason and Medea'', 1570–72, Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence * ''The baths of Pozzuoli'', 1570–72, Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence * ''Martyrdom of San Lorenzo'', 1573,

, Florence * ''Virgin's girdle'', 1574, Santa Agata, Florence * ''Apotheosis of San Lorenzo'', 1577, Empoli Cathedral * ''Allegory of Prudence'', (Private Collection), traditionally attributed to Vasari until recently. * ''Crucifixion'', 1590,

San Giovannino degli Scolopi The church of San Giovannino degli Scolopi is a minor church in the center of Florence, located on Via Martelli corner with Via Gori. From 1351 to 1554, the church was known as ''San Giovanni Evangelista'', since the site had a small oratory dedic ...

, Florence

Bibliography

* Raffaello Borghini, ''Il Riposo'', 1584, p. 604. * Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane, ''L'Ajone, favola narrativa burlesca'', 1623. * Francesco Del Furia, ''Di alcuni scritti di Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane'', 1818, pp. 1, 66. * ''Atti dell'imp e reale Accademia della Crusca'', Florence, 1829, Vol.2, p. 79. * * Marta Privitera, ''Girolamo Macchietti tra Palazzo Vecchio e San Lorenzo'', 1989. * Marta Privitera, ''Girolamo Macchietti a Napoli'', balls. * Marta Privitera, ''Girolamo Macchietti: un pittore dello Studiolo di Francesco I (Firenze, 1535-1592)'', Jandi Sapi ed., 1996. * ''The Grove Dictionary of Art'', Macmillan Publishers (2000) * Marta Privitera, ''Girolamo Macchietti, la Pala Lioni'', in "Altomani 2004", n.1. * Alessandro Nesi, ''Un quadro a Kiev e altre note su Girolamo Macchietti'', in "Nuovi Studi" n.12, 2006, pp. 129–136, pic. 180.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Macchietti, Girolamo 16th-century births 1592 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Italian Mannerist painters