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Painters from Florence

  • Leonardo da VinciLeonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was born on the 15th of April 1452 near the Tuscan hill town of Vinci. His father, a notary named Ser Piero, and his mother, a…
  • 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…
  • MasaccioTommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone entered the world on the 21st of December 1401 in Castel San Giovanni di Altura. His father worked as a notary while his…
  • Sandro BotticelliAlessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi was born in Florence between 1444 and 1446, though the exact day remains unknown.
  • Neri di BicciNeri di Bicci entered the world in 1419 as the third link in a chain of artistic fathers. His grandfather Lorenzo di Bicci worked alongside Jacopo di Cione…
  • CimabueGiovanni Cimabue was born in Florence around 1240 and died there in 1302. He began his career painting within the strict rules of Italo-Byzantine art.
  • Benvenuto CelliniBenvenuto Cellini was born in Florence on the 3rd of November 1500. His father Giovanni worked as a musician and built musical instruments for a living.