Jacopo da Empoli
Reformed Mannerism and exceptional still lifes
Jacopo da Empoli was an Italian Florentine Reformist painter. Born in Florence as Jacopo Chimenti (Empoli being the birthplace of his father), he worked mostly in his native city. He apprenticed under Maso da San Friano. Like his contemporary in Counter-Maniera (Counter-Mannerism), Santi di Tito, he moved into a style often more crisp, less contorted, and less crowded than mannerist predecessors like Vasari. He collaborated with Alessandro Tiarini in some projects. His younger brother, Domenico Chimenti, born in Empoli, was also a painter. Among his pupils were Felice Ficherelli, Giovanni Battista Brazzè (Il Bigio), Giovanni Battista Vanni, and Virgilio Zaballi. Finally, working in a thematic often shunned by Florentine painters, after the 1620s he completed a series of exceptional still-life paintings.
Relationship Network
Master student
- Felice Ficherelli Student
- Giovanni Battista Vanni Student
- Tommaso d‘Antonio Manzuoli Master
Fellow student
Friend
Parent child
- Francesco Bassano the Elder Parent
Artworks by this artist
- Virgin and Child Appearing in a Glory of Angels to Saint Peter and Saint Paul 1551[-]1640
- The Drunkenness of Noah 1620
- Treueschwur der spanischen Fürsten zum jungen König Philipp II. in Anwesenheit Kaiser Karls V.
- Design for a Cup Supported by Standing Nudes with Standard of Seated Figure with Book and Bird 16th century
- The Archangel Gabriel Kneeling to the Right; Small Study of Head at Lower Left 16th century
- Portrait of a Man 1566 [-] 1640
- Seated Draped Man (verso)@Drawings
- Enthauptung der Heiligen Katharina
- Madonna and Child c. 1600
- Copy of an Antique Statue of a Standing Woman (two views), over a Sketch of a Putto 1570s
- Artist at the drawing table 1551 [-] 1640