Maturino da Firenze (1490–1528) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

painter, born in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...

, but working in Rome during the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD ...

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, Sculp ...

described the relationship between

Polidoro da Caravaggio Polidoro Caldara, usually known as Polidoro da Caravaggio ( – 1543) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period, "arguably the most gifted and certainly the least conventional of Raphael's pupils", who was best known for his now-vanished pa ...

and Maturino as exceedingly close: Vasari did not distinguish between the two painters in the joint works of Polidoro and Maturino Dr.

Evelina Borea Evelina Borea (born 1931, Ferrara, Italy) is an Italian art historian, author and curator. Biography Evelina Borea obtained a degree in History of Art in 1958 at the University of Florence. Her tutor and mentor was art historian Roberto Longhi. ...

, in her recent study on Polidoro, considers the contribution of the Florentine painter, Maturino, to be minimal. Most sources say he died ca.1528, but some say he was killed in the Sack of Rome the previous year.Lucy Whitaker, Martin Clayton, The Art of Italy in the Royal Collection; Renaissance and Baroque, p. 62, Royal Collection Publications, 2007,

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Giorgio Vasari, ''Vita'' of Polidoro da Caravaggio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Firenze, Maturino da 1490 births 1528 deaths 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Italian Renaissance painters