Giovanni Biliverti

Giovanni Bilivert (25 August, 1585- 16 July, 1644) was an 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 know as "Giovanni Biliverti". He was the son of the 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 del Disegno" in Florence. Bilivert was employed by 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 [Ticozzi p 101.] 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 and a "Christ and the Samaritan Woman" once in the Belvedere in Vienna.

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*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume I: A-K)| editor = Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 128| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4GYCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=DICTIONARY+AACHEN+AALST&as_brr=1| authorlink=
*cite book | first= Stefano| last= Ticozzi| year=1830| title= "Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d’ogni etá e d’ogni nazione"' (Volume 1)| editor = | pages= page 101 | publisher=Gaetano Schiepatti; Digitized by Googlebooks, Jan 24, 2007 | id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?id=0ownAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=Stefano+Ticozzi+Dizionario | authorlink=
* [http://www.artnet.com/library/00/0088/T008853.asp| Artnet biography] .
* [http://pintura.aut.org/BU04?Autnum=12.130| Short biography] .