Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
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| - | '''Giovanni Biliverti''' ([[25 August]], [[1585]] - [[16 July]], [[1644]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] painter of the late-[[Mannerism]] and early-[[Baroque]] period, active mainly in his adoptive city of [[Florence]], as well as [[Rome]]. His father had been born in was born at [[Maastricht]]. Also known as ''Giovanni Biliverti''. He was the son of the [[Flemish painters|Flemish painter]] in Florence, [[Jacques Bilivert]]. He first apprenticed with [[Alessandro Casolani]] in [[Siena]]. After his father’s death in 1603, Giovanni worked in the studio of [[Lodovico Cigoli]], following him in April 1604 till 1607 to Rome. There he worked in projects approved by [[Pope Clement VIII]]. | ||
| - | In 1609 Bilivert joined the Medici-sponsored [[guild of artists]], the [[Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze| ''Accademia del Disegno'']] in Florence. Bilivert was employed by [[Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany| Cosimo II de' Medici]] from 1611 until 1621, as a designer for works in [[pietra dura]]. His ''Grateful Tobias'' and ''Chastity of Joseph'' (c. 1618) are found in the Galleria Palatina of the [[Palazzo Pitti]]. Late in life, he became blind Among his pupils were [[Cecco Bravo]], [[Agostino Melissi]], [[Baccio del Bianco]], and [[Orazio Fidani]]. He painted a ''Hagar in the Desert'' once in the [[Hermitage Museum|Hermitage]] and a ''Christ and the Samaritan Woman'' once in the Belvedere in [[Vienna]]. | + | '''Cosimo II de' Medici''' (12 May 1590 – 28 February 1621) was [[Grand Duchy of Tuscany|Grand Duke of Tuscany]] from 1609 until 1621. He was the elder son of the then [[Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany|incumbent Grand Duke]] and [[Christina of Lorraine]]. He married [[Maria Magdalena of Austria|Maria Maddalena of Austria]], and had eight children. |
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| + | For the most of his eleven year reign, he delegated the administration of Tuscany to his minsiters. He is best remembered as the patron of [[Galileo Galilei]], his childhood tutor. He died of Tuberculosis in 1621. | ||
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Cosimo II de' Medici (12 May 1590 – 28 February 1621) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1609 until 1621. He was the elder son of the then incumbent Grand Duke and Christina of Lorraine. He married Maria Maddalena of Austria, and had eight children.
For the most of his eleven year reign, he delegated the administration of Tuscany to his minsiters. He is best remembered as the patron of Galileo Galilei, his childhood tutor. He died of Tuberculosis in 1621.
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