1540 – 1606

Italian painter. After he trained under Agnolo Bronzino (as did his brother, Cresci Butteri; fl 1551-89), in 1564 he entered the newly founded Accademia del Disegno in Florence, in which he was very active. He worked mainly in Florence and for the Medici on commissions for paintings, decorations for buildings and court occasions (many untraced); these included Michelangelo the Poet with Apollo and the Muses for the funeral of the artist (1564) and Poets and Writers for the wedding (1565) of Grand Duke Cosimo I de' Medici's son Francesco (later Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany) and Joanna of Austria (1547-78).Show more

2 artworks in collection