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

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, working in a

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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

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in the decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio, where he worked with Mirabello Cavalori. He participated in the Vasari-directed 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 ...

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 Empoli 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,

, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence * ''The baths of Pozzuoli'', 1570–72,

, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence * ''Martyrdom of San Lorenzo'', 1573,

, Florence * ''Virgin's girdle'', 1574, Santa Agata, Florence, 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, Florence, San Giovannino degli Scolopi, 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