Born in Florence, but mostly active in Rome, he was a pupil of the painter Cigoli.
He painted frescoes in the sacristy of San Carlo ai Catinari.
In the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence there is a preparatory sketch "Fall of the Angels.
One of his pupils was a juvenile Pietro da Cortona who moved to Rome and became one of the towering figures of the Italian Baroque.
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