Jacopo Coppi
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Jacopo Coppi called "'Jacopo del Meglio'" ("the Best") (Peretola, 1523 - 1591) was an Italian painter, mainly active in Florence in a Mannerist style.[1] Other sources call him Giacinto Coppi.[2]
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Judith with decapitated Holofernes
Biography
He was one of the team of painters under Giorgio Vasari engaged in the decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. For the room, he depicted the Invention of Gunpowder and the Family of Darius before Alexander the Great.
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Family of Darius before Alexander the Great
Some of the sources dispute the identity of Coppi and Meglio. He is said to have painted in Rome and Bologna. [3]
References
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- ↑ Collezione alfabetica di uomini e donne illustri della Toscana, by Filippo Brocchi, page 59.
- ↑ Reale Galleria di Firenze illustrata: Ritratti di pittori. 4, By Galleria degli Uffizi, Real Galleria di Firenze, Page 160-164.
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