Vincenzo Borghini
Vincenzo Borghini (1515-1580) was an Italian monk, artist, philologist, and art collector of Florence, Italy.
Borghini was a learned Benedictine cleric. He was the luogotenente of the Accademia del Disegno (from 1563).[1]
After 1552, Borghini, a Benedictine monk served as Spedalingo or Prior of the Ospedale degli Innocenti in Florence.[2]
He was an artistic advisor to the Medici, and was engaged with Giorgio Vasari in designing and selecting the decoration of the Studiolo of Francesco I Medici in the Palazzo Vecchio of Florence.
References
- ^ Vincenzo Borghini:“MDLX a 28 d’ottobre, nel qual dì, Sua Eccellenza hebbe il tosone, fece l’entrata in Siena come appresso” from Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Ms. II. X. 100 (ca. 1560) edited by Charles Davis.
- ^ Vincenzo Borghini's Collection of Paintings, article by Rick Scorza, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 2003 The Warburg Institute LXVI 2003 .