Ottavio Vannini

Ottavio Vannini (1585 – c. 1643) was an Italian artist of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. Born in Florence. He initially apprenticed for four years with a mediocre painter by the name of Giovanni Battista Mercati (possibly the engraver), but he then trained in Rome under Anastasio Fuontebuoni. He returned to Florence to work with Domenico Passignani. He pai...