Francesco Salviati : Virgin and Child, Saint John and an angel
Francesco Salviati, pseudonym of Francesco de' Rossi, was a Florentine mannerist painter. He was named after his loyal patron, Cardinal Giovanni Salviati, the uncle of Cosimo I. Giorgio Vasari wrote that Salviati "possessed a more beautiful style than anyone else in Florence in his time”. He was a renowned portraitist and fresco painter admired for his speed of execution and his ability to stage complex secular or sacred allegories.
Francesco Salviati : Virgin and Child, Saint John and an angel
Francesco Salviati, pseudonym of Francesco de' Rossi, was a Florentine mannerist painter. He was named after his loyal patron, Cardinal Giovanni Salviati, the uncle of Cosimo I. Giorgio Vasari wrote that Salviati "possessed a more beautiful style than anyone else in Florence in his time”. He was a renowned portraitist and fresco painter admired for his speed of execution and his ability to stage complex secular or sacred allegories.