Giovanni Battista Naldini (1535–1591)

• Was an Italian painter in a late-Mannerist style.
• He was active in Florence.
• His first apprenticeship (1549–1557) was in the studio of Jacopo Pontormo.
• Giovanni Battista Naldini was recruited to work for Giorgio Vasari in 1562. 
• Among his pupils were the Cavalieri Francesco Curradi, Cosimo Gamberucci.
• In about 1580 Giovanni Battista Naldini created the frescoes that are still well-preserved today, Dance of Salome, 1580, fresco in Trinità dei Monti, Rome.
• The displayed painting is a crop from: Giovanni Battista Naldini, The Three Graces, 16th century.
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