Sebastiano Mainardi (1450-55 - 1513)

• Was an Italian painter born in San Gimignano.
• According to Vasari, he was portrayed in the Sassetti and Tornabuoni Chapels painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio.
• Domenico Ghirlandaio was his brother-in-law and master.
• In 1485 he worked in San Marco, Florence, executing much of the painting under the direction by Ghirlandaio.
• It is believed that Mainardi contributed to the frescoes in the Abbey of Passignano in Val di Pesa, near Florence.
• He is also known from a series of Madonna with Child and of female portraits, some attributed to Ghirlandaio.
• He died in Florence.
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