About Francesco Brina
Lived 1540 – 1586 (aged 45–46). Francesco Brina was a painter.
Francesco Brina or Del Brina or Brini (1540 – 1586) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period, active mainly in Florence.
S. J. Freedberg ascribes his training to either Ridolfo Ghirlandaio or more likely his son, Michele di Ridolfo. He holds him to have followed the "most conservative adaptation of the Vasarian maniera". He appeared to limit his output to mostly devotional Madonna and Child paintings (madonneri), and in this endeavor, paraphrasing the compositions and expressions of Andrea del Sarto. His brother Giovanni Brina (died 1599) helped Francesco in his work and copied his style .
He painted an Adoration at Santa Felicita, Florence. He painted an Annunciation with Saints for a chapel in the church of San Gaggio, Florence.
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Who was Francesco Brina?
Italian painter (1540-1586)
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Francesco Brina was born in 1540 in Florence.
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Francesco Brina died on 3 March 1586 in Florence.
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Francesco Brina was a painter.
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