Girolamo Macchietti

Girolamo Macchietti (c. 1535/1541–1592) was an Italian painter active in Florence, working in a Mannerist style.

Biography He was a pupil of Michele di Ridolfo. Between 1556 and 1562 he worked as an assistant to Giorgio Vasari in the decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio, where he worked with Mirabello Cavalori. He participated in the Vasari-directed decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I with two canvases, one relating a Jason and Medea (1570) and the other a Baths of Pozzuoli (1572). He also painted an altarpiece on the Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence for Santa Maria Novella. In 1577, he completed a Gloria di San Lorenzo for Empoli Cathedral. He traveled to Rome and spent two years in Spain (1587–1589). No works are recorded from these travels.

Works Pala Lioni, 1562–1568, Florence, Villa Lioni-Michelozzi-Roti-Clavarino Epiphany, 1568, Florence, San Lorenzo Jason and Medea, 1570–1572, Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence The baths of Pozzuoli, 1570–1572, Studiolo of Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Martyrdom of San Lorenzo, 1573, Santa Maria Novella, Florence Virgin's girdle, 1574, Santa Agata, Florence Apotheosis of San Lorenzo, 1577, Empoli Cathedral Allegory of Prudence, (Private Collection), traditionally attributed to Vasari until recently. Crucifixion, 1590, San Giovannino degli Scolopi, Florence