Girolamo Macchietti
Illustration — Pala Lioni, Florence, Villa Lioni • Illustration — Preparatory drawing for Pala Lioni, Florence, Gabinetto Disegni, Uffizi Museum • Illustration — Pozzuoli baths, Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, Francesco I's Studiolo Girolamo Macchietti (c. 1535/1541–1592) was an Italian painter active in Florence, working in a Mannerist style.
Also recorded as Girolamo del Crocifissaio Macchietti · Girolamo del Crocifissaio · Del Crocefissaio Macchietti · Girolamo, del Crocefissaio Macchietti
Girolamo Macchietti

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- Girolamo Macchietti died on 3 January 1592. · Florence.
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- painter
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- Adoration of the Three Kings · Baths at Pozzuoli
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Illustration — Pala Lioni, Florence, Villa Lioni • Illustration — Preparatory drawing for Pala Lioni, Florence, Gabinetto Disegni, Uffizi Museum • Illustration — Pozzuoli baths, Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, Francesco I's Studiolo Girolamo Macchietti (c. 1535/1541–1592) was an Italian painter active in Florence, working in a Mannerist style.
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Girolamo Macchietti was a painter. The painter was born in Florence and died in Florence. Girolamo Macchietti was a member of Accademia delle Arti del Disegno.
Among the works are Adoration of the Three Kings and Baths at Pozzuoli. Works are held at Basilica of San Lorenzo, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest and National Gallery, among others.
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Works named in the authority record are Adoration of the Three Kings and Baths at Pozzuoli. Work by Girolamo Macchietti is recorded in the collections of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, National Gallery, J. Paul Getty Museum and Basilica of San Lorenzo.
He was a pupil of Michele di Ridolfo. Between 1556 and 1562 he worked as an assistant to Giorgio Vasari in the decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio, where he worked with Mirabello Cavalori. He participated in the Vasari-directed decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I with two canvases, one relating a Jason and Medea (1570) and the other a Baths of Pozzuoli (1572). He also painted an altarpiece on the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence for Santa Maria Novella. In 1577, he completed a Gloria di San Lorenzo for Empoli Cathedral. He traveled to Rome and spent two years in Spain (1587–1589). No works are recorded from these travels.
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• Pala Lioni, 1562–1568, Florence, Villa Lioni-Michelozzi-Roti-Clavarino • Epiphany, 1568, Florence, San Lorenzo • Jason and Medea, 1570–1572, Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence • The baths of Pozzuoli, 1570–1572, Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence • Martyrdom of San Lorenzo, 1573, Santa Maria Novella, Florence • Virgin's girdle, 1574, Santa Agata, Florence • Apotheosis of San Lorenzo, 1577, Empoli Cathedral • Allegory of Prudence, (Private Collection), traditionally attributed to Vasari until recently. • Crucifixion, 1590, San Giovannino degli Scolopi, Florence
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1535
Girolamo Macchietti was born on 21 February 1535.
1592
Girolamo Macchietti died on 1 January 1592.
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Girolamo Macchietti was born at Florence.
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 11
- Raffaello Borghini, Il Riposo, 1584, p. 604.
- Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane, L'Ajone, favola narrativa burlesca, 1623.
- Francesco Del Furia, Di alcuni scritti di Michelangelo Buonarroti il Giovane, 1818, pp. 1, 66.
- Atti dell'imp e reale Accademia della Crusca, Florence, 1829, Vol.2, p. 79.
- Freedberg, Sydney J. Painting in Italy, 1500-1600. Penguin Books Ltd. 616–619. 1971.
- Marta Privitera, Girolamo Macchietti tra Palazzo Vecchio e San Lorenzo, 1989.
- Marta Privitera, Girolamo Macchietti a Napoli, balls.
- Marta Privitera, Girolamo Macchietti: un pittore dello Studiolo di Francesco I (Firenze, 1535-1592), Jandi Sapi ed., 1996.
- The Grove Dictionary of Art, Macmillan Publishers (2000)
- Marta Privitera, Girolamo Macchietti, la Pala Lioni, in "Altomani 2004", n.1.
- Alessandro Nesi, Un quadro a Kiev e altre note su Girolamo Macchietti, in "Nuovi Studi" n.12, 2006, pp. 129–136, pic. 180.
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