Tommaso Salini

1575 – 1625

Italian painter, called Mao. He supported Giovanni Baglione, his friend, biographer and artistic mentor, in his 1603 libel suit against Onorio Longhi, Caravaggio, Orazio Gentileschi and Filippo Trisegni. Much bad feeling existed: in his testimony Caravaggio contemptuously described Salini as Baglione's "guardian angel", dismissing his daubs and denying having ever seen any of his works.

5 artworks in collection