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| Giorgio Vasari Rout of the Pisans at Torre San Vincenzo ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Rout of the Pisans at Torre San Vincenzo (detail) ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Rout of the Pisans at Torre San Vincenzo (detail) ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Rout of the Pisans at Torre San Vincenzo (detail) ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Emperor Maximilian I abandons the Siege of Livorno (detail) ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Emperor Maximilian I abandons the Siege of Livorno (detail) ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Storming of the fortress of Stampace at Pisa ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Storming of the fortress of Stampace at Pisa (detail) ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Storming of the fortress of Stampace at Pisa (detail) ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Storming of the fortress of Stampace at Pisa (detail) ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Taking of Porto Ercole (detail) ca. 1568-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Battle of Marciana (detail) ca. 1570-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Battle of Marciana (detail) ca. 1570-71 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Storming by Night of the fortress of Porta Camollia at Siena ca. 1570 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Giorgio Vasari Storming by Night of the fortress of Porta Camollia at Siena (detail) ca. 1570 fresco Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
"Born in Arezzo, Tuscany, in 1511, Giorgio Vasari was a versatile artist. Painter, architect, art collector, writer and historian, Vasari is primarily acknowledged today as the author of The Lives of the Most Celebrated Painters, Sculptors and Architects. . . . Descended from generations of potters, Vasari received his early artistic training in Arezzo from the painter and stained-glass maker Guillaume de Marcillat. He also acquired basic humanist learning, including Latin. He subsequently moved to Florence where he worked under the painter Andrea del Sarto and the sculptor Baccio Bandinelli. Vasari had a prolific career in the city, working chiefly for the Medici family, notably for Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He cultivated friendships with many artists, including Michelangelo, who influenced his style. Vasari travelled extensively, working in Rome, Naples, and his native Arezzo. He came to specialise in large-scale commissions and ran a busy workshop. Among his achievements was the extensive renovation and fresco decoration [as above] of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence between 1555 and 1572."
– from biographical notes at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC