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Tiberio di Tito (1573–1627) was an Italian painter. He was born 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 ...
. He was the son and pupil of the late-Mannerist painter
Santi di Tito
Santi di Tito (5 December 1536 – 25 July 1603) was one of the most influential and leading Italian painters of the proto-Baroque style – what is sometimes referred to as "Counter-Maniera" or Counter-Mannerism.
Biography
He was born in Flor ...
. He specialized in portrait painting, including small pencil portraits, on which he was much employed by
Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici
Leopoldo de' Medici (6 November 1617 – 10 November 1675) was an Italian cardinal, scholar, patron of the arts and Governor of Siena. He was the brother of Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Biography
Prince Leopoldo was born a ...
.
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16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
17th-century Italian painters
Painters from Florence
Renaissance painters
Italian Baroque painters
Italian portrait painters
1573 births
1627 deaths
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