Domenico Puligo (1492–1527),

• Was an Italian painter of the Renaissance, active in Florence.
• His real name was Domenico di Bartolomeo Ubaldini.
• He trained under Ridolfo Ghirlandaio and acted as an assistant to Andrea del Sarto, whom he also became close friends with.
• Both Ghirlandaio and Sarto exerted heavy influences over Puligo that are evident in his works and style of painting.
• Puglio was also influenced by Jacopo Pontormo and Il Rosso.
• He rose to success as a portrait artist and was in high demand in Florence.
• Some of his early works include the Virgin and Child with St. John as well as the Holy Family.
• About a dozen drawings are also attributed to Puligo.
• He is featured in Giorgio Vasari's Vite or Lives of the Artists.
• According to Vasari, Puligo was a particularly idle artist, which may explain the paucity of his productions.
• His brother, Jacone Puligo, was also a Renaissance painter.
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