Francesco De' Rossi, called Francesco Salviati

Francesco de' Rossi, known as Francesco Salviati (1510, 1563), was a leading Florentine Mannerist painter active primarily in Florence and Rome. A close friend and rival of Giorgio Vasari, he was celebrated for his sophisticated figure style, complex allegorical compositions, and virtuosic draftsmanship, earning prestigious commissions from popes and noble patrons across Italy. His work in fresco, portraiture, and panel painting epitomizes the refined elegance and intellectual complexity of mid-sixteenth-century Italian Mannerism.