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, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

painter, born in

Florence Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence ...

, but working in Rome during the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

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 ide ...

described the relationship between

Polidoro da Caravaggio Polidoro Caldara, usually known as Polidoro da Caravaggio ( – 1543), was an Italians, 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- ...

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