Jacopo Vignali (September 5, 1592 – August 3, 1664) was an

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painter of the early

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period.

Biography

Vignali was born in

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, near

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, and initially trained under

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. He painted the ceiling fresco of the ''Love of the Fatherland'' and ''Jacob's dream'' for the

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in Florence. In 1616 he entered the

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. In the 1620s, he painted the ''Investiture of St Benedict'' for the ''Confraternità di San Benedetto Bianco''. In 1622–23 he also contributed to fresco cycles for the

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at the ''Casino Mediceo di San Marco'' in Florence, and at the

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. Among his pupils were

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, Romolo Panfi,

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, and Carlo Dolci. File:Cyparissus mg 0159.jpg, ''

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'' Image:Jacopo Vignali, apparizione della croce a costantino.jpg, ''Constantine sees Vision of Cross'' File:Jacopo vignali, maria, santa caterina e la maddalena donanoa san giacinto un dipinto di san domenico di soriano calabro, 01.JPG, '' San Domenico in Soriano'', Convent of San Marco, Florence File:Jacopo vignali madonna del rosario.jpg, ''Madonna of the Rosary''

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1592 births 1664 deaths People from the Province of Arezzo 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Tuscany Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub