Luigi Baccio del Bianco

He was born in Florence where his father, Cosimo del Bianco, sold cloth to the nobility for use in festivals, tournaments, and theatrical performances.

In 1620 he visited Germania and travelled to the Slovakia, where he assisted Giovanni de Galliano Pieroni (1586–1654) in construction of a fortress in Bratislava.

Then he stayed in Florence and painted illusive frescoes (open doors and portraits) for The House Buonarotti (Casa Buonnarotti).

Then he decorated with frescoes the Palazzo di San Clemente in Florence and Torregalli castle in Tuscany.

In 1651 he was sent to Spain by Grand Duke Ferdinando II de' Medici to fulfill King Philip IV's request for designer for court performances.