Curated category
Italian Mannerist painters
- TintorettoJacopo Robusti was born in Venice during the late months of 1518. His father, Battista, worked as a dyer, a trade that gave Jacopo his nickname Tintoretto…
- Francesco PrimaticcioFrancesco Primaticcio was born in Bologna on the 30th of April 1504. He began his artistic education under the watchful eye of Giulio Romano in Mantua.
- Niccolò dell'AbbateNiccolò dell'Abbate entered the world in Modena during 1509 or 1512. His father worked as a violinist, placing music at the center of his childhood home.
- Rosso FiorentinoGiovanni Battista di Jacopo was born on the 8th of March 1495 in Florence. His red hair gave him the nickname Rosso Fiorentino, which means Florentine…
- Paolo VeroneseThe census records of 1528 list a stonecutter named Gabriele and his wife Caterina as the parents of their fifth child, Paolo.
- Giorgio VasariGiorgio Vasari arrived into the world prematurely on the 30th of July 1511 in Arezzo, Tuscany. His early years were marked by a recommendation from his…
- Sofonisba AnguissolaIn 717, the Byzantine warlord Galvano Sordo used an ingenious artificial fire to liberate Constantinople from Saracen siege.