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Michele Tosini BIOGRAPHY
1503 - 1577. Known for: Renaissance Christian religiouis painting, Virgin Mary and Saint figures, fresco.
Michele Tosini, also called Michele di Ridolfo, (1503–1577) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance* and Mannerist* period, who worked in Florence. He apprenticed initially with Lorenzo di Credi... Read full biography
Michele Tosini, also called Michele di Ridolfo, (1503–1577) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance* and Mannerist* period, who worked in Florence. He apprenticed initially with Lorenzo di Credi and Antonio del Ceraiolo, but then moved into the studio of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, from whom he acquired... Read full biography
Michele Tosini, also called Michele di Ridolfo, (1503–1577) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance* and Mannerist* period, who worked in Florence. He apprenticed initially with Lorenzo di Credi and Antonio del Ceraiolo, but then moved into the studio of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, from whom he acquired the name Michele di Ridolfo or Michele (di Ridolfo) del Ghirlandaio. Some sources claim Tosini was the son of Ridolfo. Tosini began painting in the early 16th-century Florentine style of Fra... Read full biography
Michele Tosini, also called Michele di Ridolfo, (1503–1577) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance* and Mannerist* period, who worked in Florence. He apprenticed initially with Lorenzo di Credi and Antonio del Ceraiolo, but then moved into the studio of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, from whom he acquired the name Michele di Ridolfo or Michele (di Ridolfo) del Ghirlandaio. Some sources claim Tosini was the son of Ridolfo. Tosini began painting in the early 16th-century Florentine style of Fra Bartolommeo and Andrea del Sarto (e.g. the Virgin of the Sacred Girdle, c. 1525; Florence, San Marco). His acceptance of Mannerism was slow, but by the 1540s the influence of Salviati and Bronzino was visible in his work. After 1556, Tosini served as an... Read full biography
Michele Tosini, also called Michele di Ridolfo, (1503–1577) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance* and Mannerist* period, who worked in Florence. He apprenticed initially with Lorenzo di Credi and Antonio del Ceraiolo, but then moved into the studio of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, from whom he acquired the name Michele di Ridolfo or Michele (di Ridolfo) del Ghirlandaio. Some sources claim Tosini was the son of Ridolfo. Tosini began painting in the early 16th-century Florentine style of Fra Bartolommeo and Andrea del Sarto (e.g. the Virgin of the Sacred Girdle, c. 1525; Florence, San Marco). His acceptance of Mannerism was slow, but by the 1540s the influence of Salviati and Bronzino was visible in his work. After 1556, Tosini served as an assistant to Giorgio Vasari in the decoration of the Salone dei Cinquecento in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Through Vasari... Read full biography
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Michele di Ridolfo, Michele di Ridolfo Ghirlandaio
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Michele Tosini, also called Michele di Ridolfo, (1503–1577) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance* and Mannerist* period, who worked in Florence.
He apprenticed initially with Lorenzo di Credi and Antonio del Ceraiolo, but then moved into the studio of Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, from whom he acquired the name Michele di Ridolfo or Michele (di Ridolfo) del Ghirlandaio. Some sources claim Tosini was the son of Ridolfo.
Tosini began painting in the early 16th-century Florentine style of Fra Bartolommeo and Andrea del Sarto (e.g. the Virgin of the Sacred Girdle, c. 1525; Florence, San Marco). His acceptance of Mannerism was slow, but by the 1540s the influence of Salviati and Bronzino was visible in his work. After 1556, Tosi...But wait, there's more...
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