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Jacopo Coppi, also called ''Giacomo Coppi'' or "'Jacopo del Meglio'" ("the Best") (Peretola, 1546 1591) was an Italian painter, mainly active in 
Jacopo Coppi, also called ''Giacomo Coppi'' or "'Jacopo del Meglio'" ("the Best") (Peretola, 1546 1591) was an Italian painter, mainly 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 ...
and Rome in a 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, ...
style. Other sources call him Giacinto Coppi.
Biography
He was one of the team of painters underGiorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari (, also , ; 30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance Master, who worked as a painter, architect, engineer, writer, and historian, who is best known for his work ''The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculpt ...
engaged in the decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I
The Studiolo is a small painting-encrusted barrel-vaulted room in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy. It was commissioned by Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was completed for the duke from 1570 to 1572, by teams of artists under ...
de' Medici in 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 ...
, Florence. For the room, he depicted the ''Invention of Gunpowder'' and the ''Family of Darius before Alexander the Great''.
Some of the sources dispute the identity of Coppi and Meglio. He is said to have painted in Rome and Bologna.
Among his works are frescoes (1577) for the tribune of San Pietro in Vincoli
San Pietro in Vincoli (; Saint Peter in Chains) is a Roman Catholic titular church and minor basilica in Rome, Italy, best known for being the home of Michelangelo's statue of Moses, part of the tomb of Pope Julius II.
The '' Titulus S. Petri ...
in Rome; a painting of ''Ecce Homo'' for the church of Santa Croce in Florence, and a canvas of the Redeemer (1579) for the church of San Salvatore in Bologna.Reale Galleria di Firenze illustrata: Ritratti di pittori, volume 4, by Galleria degli Uffizi, page 160-162.
References
1546 births 1591 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Mannerist painters Italian Renaissance painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub