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. During the years 1556-1562, worked as an assistant to

Giorgio Vasari Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 – 27 June 1574) was an Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer who is best known for his work ''Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects'', considered the ideol ...

in the decoration of the

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, where he worked with Mirabello Cavalori. He participated in the Vasari-directed decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I 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 Santa Maria Novella. In 1577, he completed a ''Gloria di San Lorenzo'' for

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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, Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence * ''The baths of Pozzuoli'', 1570–72, Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence * ''Martyrdom of San Lorenzo'', 1573, Santa Maria Novella, Florence * ''Virgin's girdle'', 1574, Santa Agata, Florence * ''Apotheosis of San Lorenzo'', 1577,

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* ''Allegory of Prudence'', (Private Collection), traditionally attributed to Vasari until recently. * ''Crucifixion'', 1590,

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, 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