Background
He was born in either Pisa or Florence around 1599. He studied successively under Jacopo da Empoli, Aurelio Lomi, and Matteo Rosselli, and then became a disciple of Cristofano Allori.
He was born in either Pisa or Florence around 1599. He studied successively under Jacopo da Empoli, Aurelio Lomi, and Matteo Rosselli, and then became a disciple of Cristofano Allori.
He is better known as an engraver than as a painter. From 1624 to 1632, he lived in Rome, then returning to Florence after visiting Venice. He etched a set of fifteen Plates from Correggio"s frescoes in the cupola of San Giovanni Evangelista in Parma, depicting the Vision of Saint John on Patmos and of his canvas of The Martyrdom of Saint Placidus.
He also engraved Paolo Veronese"s Marriage at Cana.
He died at Florence in 1660.