Artist: Rosso Fiorentino (Giovan Battista di Jacopo) Title of Painting: Angelic Musician 1520 Museum Where Painting Resides: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy This beautiful framed print of an angel or cherub like creature playing a minstrel instrument, famously captures the ethereal Renaissance period from which it came and the famous artist who painted it hundreds of years ago.

　　It measures 25" X 31". It will delight your guests and bring a reassuring comfort to your home wherever you decide to hang it. If you would like to see it in person call .

　　Biography: Giovanni Battista di Jacopo (1); (born March 8, 1495, Florence, Republic of Florencedied Nov. 14, 1540, Paris, Fr.) known as Rosso Fiorentino (meaning "the Red Florentine" in Italian), or Il Rosso, was an Italian Mannerist painter, in oil and fresco, belonging to the Florentine school. Born in Florence Italy with the red hair that gave him his nickname, Rosso first trained in the studio of Andrea del Sarto alongside his contemporary, Pontormo. In late 1523, Rosso moved to Rome, where he was exposed to the works of Michelangelo, Raphael, and other Renaissance artists, resulting in the realignment of his artistic style.

　　Fleeing Rome after the Sacking of 1527, Rosso eventually went to France where he secured a position at the court of Francis I in 1530, remaining there until his death. Together with Francesco Primaticcio, Rosso was one of the leading artists, in fact a founder of the Chateau Fontainebleau as part of the "First School of Fontainebleau", spending much of his life there.

　　The ornamental style he developed influenced decorative arts across northern Europe. He remained in the royal service until his death. Following his death in 1540 (which, according to an unsubstantiated claim by Vasari, was a suicide [1]). Vasari, whose biography of Rosso also includes an entertaining story about his pet baboon, says that he killed himself in remorse after falsely accusing a friend of stealing money from him, but this may well be apocryphal. Francesco Primaticcio took charge of the artistic direction at Fontainebleau.

　　Rosso's reputation, along those of other stylized late Renaissance Florentines, was long out of favour in comparison to other more naturalistic and graceful contemporaries, but has revived considerably in recent decades. That his masterpiece is in a small city, away from the tourist track, was a factor in this, especially before the arrival of photography. His poses are certainly contorted, and his figures often appear haggard and thin, but his work has considerable power.