\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 15000\fi15 \f1 Italian painter.\par
\fi0 Cecchino adopted the name that he would come to be known by from Cardinal Giovanni Salviati,
his first patron. In 1529 he was working in Andrea del SartoÆs workshop, and in 1531 he was in Rome, in close contact with Giorgio Vasari and his circle. SalviatiÆs early works in Rome include the \i Annunciation\i0 in San Francesco a Ripa (1534) and t
he \i Visitation\i0 in San Giovanni Decollato (1538), which clearly show the influence of Michelangelo and Raphael. From 1539 to 1540, the artist visited Florence, Bologna and Venice, studying in particular the works of Parmigianino as well as the Venet
ian masters. Salviati was back in Rome in 1541, and then again between 1549 and 1554. During his last stay, he painted several important decorative cycles in the churches of Santa Maria dell'Anima\cf12 ,\cf0 Santa Maria del Popolo\cf12 ,\cf0 and in the
Cancelleria, Farnese and Ricci (later Sacchetti) palaces. The frescoes representing \i Scenes from the Life of Furio Camillo\i0 in the audience chamber of Palazzo Vecchio in Florence date from 1544. In 1554 the artist went to work for Francis I in Fra
nce and stayed there for just over a year. His last works are characterized by a now tired imitation of MichelangeloÆs style.
