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Michelangelo Cinganelli (circa 1558 - 1635)

• Also known as Michele Cinganelli was an Italian painter.
• He was a pupil or strongly influenced by Bernardino Poccetti of Florence.
• Along with Orazio Riminaldi, he painted the four Evangelists and angels (1597) in the cupola of the Cathedral of Pisa; a Birth of the Virgin and Annunciation (1598) in the choir; and decoration of the organ in 1602.
• He also painted in the church of San Domenico, Pistoia.
• He is documented as working for the tapestry shop of the Medici in Florence.
• Cinganelli supervised the designs by Ludovico Cigoli for the principal chapel in the church of Santa Felicita in Florence, and frescoed the chapel in 1620. 
• His family included the artists: Camillo (painter and wood-gilder), Benedetto (son of Michelangelo), and Antonio (son of Camillo).