Giovanni Antonio Sogliani

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'Giovanni Antonio Sogliani (1492 -1544) was a Florentine painter of the Renaissance.

Giorgio Vasari in his Vite, the main source of Sogliani's biography, claimed that the painter had apprenticed with Lorenzo di Credi for two decades. While impossible, the legend rings true because of the persistance in Sogliani of an archaic style. He was the executor of Lorenzo's will in 1531. He painted a Martyrdom of St Acasio for the Church of San Lorenzo in Florence. Vasari claims that Sogliani was influenced by Fra Bartolommeo in this painting. He painted a St Martin for the Orsanmichele. He painted a altarpiece of St Brigitta now in the Museo di San marco. He also painted numerous canvases for the Duomo in Pisa. He painted an Allegory of the Immaculate Conception for the Academy in Florence.

[edit] Sources

  • Freedberg, Sydney J. (1993). in Pelican History of Art: Painting in Italy, 1500-1600, p237-238. 
  • Grove Encyclopedia of Art
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