Francesco Salviati
First and last name
Francesco Salviati
Date of birth
1510, Florence
Date of death
1563, Rome
Francesco Salviati was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period. He studied under Andrea del Sarto. The frescoes depicting the story of Furius Camillus in the Florentine Palazzo Vecchio (1543-1545) are considered the greatest achievement in his career as a painter. Apart from frescoes, he often created altar paintings, portraits, tapisseries and theatre decorations. His works can be found in the most famous museums in the world: the Uffizi Gallery, the Louvre or the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin.