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Jcahpo ligozzi biography definition
Jacopo Ligozzi
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Jacopo Ligozzi (1547–1627) was an Italian painter, illustrator, designer, and miniaturist.
His art can be categorized as late-Renaissance and Mannerist styles.
Biography
Born in Verona, he was the son of the artist Giovanni Ermano Ligozzi, and part of a large family of painters and artisans. After a time in the Habsburg court in Vienna, where he displayed drawings of animal and botanical specimens, he was invited to come to Florence and became one of the court artists for the Medici.
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Upon the death of Giorgio Vasari in 1574, he became head of the Accademia e Compagnia delle Arti del Disegno, the officially patronized guild of artists, which was often called to advise on diverse projects. He served Francesco I, Ferdinando I, Cosimo II and Ferdinando II, Grand Dukes of Tuscany.
Late in life, he was named director of the grand-ducal Galleria dei Lavori, a workshop pr