Jacopo Ligozzi

Born in Verona ca. 1543, Jacopo Ligozzi was an Italian Mannerist painter and designer, and a disciple of the artist Paolo Veronese. After a brief sojourn in the Habsburg court in Vienna, he moved to Florence in 1577. there he worked as a painter for the Grand Duke Ferdinand II de' Medici, and he was also conferred the title of superintendent of the Ducal Gallery. Ligozzi was best known as a scientific draughtsman making studies of plants and animals for the Medici court. He died in Florence in 1632. Andrea Andreani executed several woodcuts after his works.