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Rosso Fiorentino

Rosso Fiorentino (1494 - 1540) was active/lived in Italy, France.  Rosso Fiorentino is known for Mannerist Biblical scene and figure painting.

Rosso Fiorentino, (meaning "red Florentine"in Italian, he was also known as Giovanni Battista di Jacopo and was an Italian Mannerist painter, in oil and fresco, belonging to the Florentine school.

Born in Florence with the red hair that gave him his nickname, Rosso first trained in the studio of Andrea del Sarto alongside his contemporary, Pontormo. In late 1523, Rosso moved to Rome, where he was exposed to the works of Michelangelo, Raphael, and other Renaissance artists, resulting in the realignment of his artistic style.

Fleeing Rome after the Sacking of 1527, Rosso eventually went to France where he secured a position at the court of Francis I in 1530, remaining there until his death. Together with Francesco Primaticcio, Rosso was one of the leading artists to work at the Chateau Fontainebleau as part of the "First School of Fontainebleau", spending much of his life there.

Following Rosso's death in 1540 (which, according to an unsubstantiated claim by Vasar   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2522 characters.]  Artist bio

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