Jacopo Vignali (September 5, 1592 – August 3, 1664) was an
Italian
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painter of the early
Baroque
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period.
Biography
Vignali was born in
Pratovecchio, near
Arezzo
Arezzo ( , ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Italy and the capital of the Province of Arezzo, province of the same name located in Tuscany. Arezzo is about southeast of Florence at an elevation of Above mean sea level, above sea level. As of 2 ...
, and initially trained under
Matteo Rosselli. He painted the ceiling fresco of the ''Love of the Fatherland'' and ''Jacob's dream'' for the
Casa Buonarroti
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in Florence. In 1616 he entered the
Accademia del Disegno
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in
Florence
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Florence ...
. 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
Medici
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at the ''Casino Mediceo di San Marco'' in Florence, and at the
Villa di Poggio Imperiale. Among his pupils were
Domenico Bettini,
Romolo Panfi,
Alessandro Rosi, and
Carlo Dolci
Carlo (or Carlino) Dolci (25 May 1616 – 17 January 1686) was an Italian Baroque painter, active mainly in Florence, known for highly finished religious pictures, often repeated in many versions.
Biography
He was born in Florence, on his mother' ...
.
File:Cyparissus mg 0159.jpg, ''Cyparissus
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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''
References
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Grove encyclopedia biography on Artnet
1592 births
1664 deaths
People from the Province of Arezzo
Italian male painters
17th-century Italian painters
Painters from Tuscany
Italian Baroque painters
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