[Born at Cortona, 1596 or 1609. Died at Rome, probably about 1669.]
A painter of the modern and degenerate school of art, who lived and
worked at Florence and Rome. So stupid in his youth, that he was called
“Ass’s Head.” Was employed to paint a ceiling in the Barberini
palace--perhaps the largest picture ever undertaken by a single artist.
At Florence he executed the ceilings of the Pitti palace.
[This bust is by Pietro Pierantoni.]