Giovanni Biliverti

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Giovanni Biliverti (family name also Bilivelt , Bilivert or other variants) (born August 25, 1585 in Florence , † July 16, 1644 ibid) was an Italian painter with Dutch roots in Florence and Rome .

Life dates

Biliverti was the son of the goldsmith Jacob Janszoon Bijlevelt (1550–1603), who moved to Siena in the second half of the 16th century . Here Giovanni also enjoyed his first artistic training in the workshop of Alessandro Casolani . After the death of his father in 1603 he went to Florence to the workshop of Ludovico Cigoli , whose most important pupil he became.

On the orders of Pope Clement VIII , Cigoli went to Rome in 1604, accompanied by his assistant Biliverti, where both artists fulfilled papal commissions until 1607.

Back in Florence, he joined the Accademia del Disegno in 1609. In the course of time he changed his style from late mannerism to baroque , to which he remained faithful until his onset of blindness around 1643. Between 1611 and 1621 Biliverti fulfilled numerous orders for Cosimo II. De 'Medici .

His students were Cecco Bravo , Giovanni Battista Vanni , Baccio del Bianco , Orazio Fidani and Agostino Melissi .

Works (selection)

Giovanni Biliverti: Roger and Angelica. Palazzo Alberti (Prato)

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SURNAME Biliverti, Giovanni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bilivert, Giovanni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1585
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1644
Place of death Florence