Maso da San Friano (1531–1571)

• His real name was Tomaso D'Antonio Manzuoli.
• He was born in Florence on 4 November 1531, in the area of Porta San Frediano, from which he derived his nickname.
• According to Giorgio Vasari, Maso was a pupil of Pier Francesco Foschi while others claim it was Carlo Portelli.
• His altarpiece of the Visitation was painted in 1560 for the church of San Pier Maggiore, Florence - now in Trinity Hall Chapel, Cambridge, England.
• He is regarded as part of the Counter-Maniera or Counter-Mannerism movement in Florence.
• His most important pupils were Jacopo da Empoli and Alessandro Fei.
• He died in 1571 and was buried in the Church of the Carmine in Florence on 2 October. 

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