POPPI, Francesco (b. 1544, Poppi, d. 1597, Firenze) |
Biography
Italian painter, originally Francesco Morandini da Poppi. He went to Florence at an early age and became a protégé of Vincenzo Borghini. He was trained by Giorgio Vasari, whose team of artists he joined in the work of remodelling the Palazzo Vecchio for Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence, later Grand Duke of Tuscany.
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