Francesco Salviati or Francesco de' Rossi (1510 – 11 November 1563) was an Italian
Mannerist painter who lived and worked in
Florence, with periods in
Bologna and
Venice, ending with a long period in
Rome, where he died. He is known by various names, usually the adopted one of Francesco Salviati or Il Salviati, after an early patron, but also Francesco Rossi and Cecchino del Salviati.[1]
He worked in
fresco and oils, on ambitious
history paintings, but also painted many portraits, and designed tapestries for the
Medici.
In Rome he frescoed an Annunciation in the church of
San Francesco a Ripa (1533–1535). His mature style has Mannerist contortions and crowded scenes similar to the output of
Giulio Romano. In 1538 he joined
Jacopino del Conte, completing a fresco of the Visitation[3] for the Oratory of
San Giovanni Battista Decollato in Rome, the church of a Florentine fraternity ministering to persons who had been condemned to execution.
Salviati painted in
Bologna in 1540 alongside Vasari, and stayed for a brief time in Venice, where he frescoed decorations for the
Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa in an antique style. During this period his style shows the influences of
Parmigianino. His many portrait paintings can sometimes be confused for
Bronzino.[4][5][6]
In 1543 Salviati returned to Florence. Working for
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, he completed a fresco decoration eulogizing the Medici family (the Triumph of Camillus in the Sala dell'Udienza of the
Palazzo Vecchio, 1543–1545). He also designed tapestry cartoons for the recently established Arazzeria, including Ecce Homo, the Resurrection, and Joseph explains the Pharaoh's dreams. The latter commission was awarded after a competition, which pitted him against his contemporary Florentine Mannerists Bronzino and
Pontormo. He painted a Deposition altarpiece for
Santa Croce in 1547–1548. This crowded and complex subject was a key one for Italian painters of the Late Renaissance.
The engravings of Giorgio Ghisi, a full-text exhibition catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Francesco de' Rossi (see index)
Francesco Salviati or Francesco de' Rossi (1510 – 11 November 1563) was an Italian
Mannerist painter who lived and worked in
Florence, with periods in
Bologna and
Venice, ending with a long period in
Rome, where he died. He is known by various names, usually the adopted one of Francesco Salviati or Il Salviati, after an early patron, but also Francesco Rossi and Cecchino del Salviati.[1]
He worked in
fresco and oils, on ambitious
history paintings, but also painted many portraits, and designed tapestries for the
Medici.
In Rome he frescoed an Annunciation in the church of
San Francesco a Ripa (1533–1535). His mature style has Mannerist contortions and crowded scenes similar to the output of
Giulio Romano. In 1538 he joined
Jacopino del Conte, completing a fresco of the Visitation[3] for the Oratory of
San Giovanni Battista Decollato in Rome, the church of a Florentine fraternity ministering to persons who had been condemned to execution.
Salviati painted in
Bologna in 1540 alongside Vasari, and stayed for a brief time in Venice, where he frescoed decorations for the
Palazzo Grimani di Santa Maria Formosa in an antique style. During this period his style shows the influences of
Parmigianino. His many portrait paintings can sometimes be confused for
Bronzino.[4][5][6]
In 1543 Salviati returned to Florence. Working for
Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, he completed a fresco decoration eulogizing the Medici family (the Triumph of Camillus in the Sala dell'Udienza of the
Palazzo Vecchio, 1543–1545). He also designed tapestry cartoons for the recently established Arazzeria, including Ecce Homo, the Resurrection, and Joseph explains the Pharaoh's dreams. The latter commission was awarded after a competition, which pitted him against his contemporary Florentine Mannerists Bronzino and
Pontormo. He painted a Deposition altarpiece for
Santa Croce in 1547–1548. This crowded and complex subject was a key one for Italian painters of the Late Renaissance.
The engravings of Giorgio Ghisi, a full-text exhibition catalogue from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on Francesco de' Rossi (see index)