Girolamo Macchietti
Girolamo Macchietti was an Italian painter active in Florence, working in a Mannerist style.Biography
He was a pupil of Michele di Ridolfo. During the years 1556-1562, 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 and the other a Baths of Pozzuoli. 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. No works are recorded from these travels.Works
- Pala Lioni, 1562–68, Florence, Villa Lioni-Michelozzi-Roti-Clavarino
- Epiphany, 1568, Florence, San Lorenzo
- Jason and Medea, 1570–72, Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
- The baths of Pozzuoli, 1570–72, 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,, traditionally attributed to Vasari until recently.
- Crucifixion, 1590, San Giovannino degli Scolopi, Florence
