Neroni was a versatile artist who created in the course of his life numerous works in various fields, painting, sculpture, and manuscript illumination.
He also enjoyed great fame in life as a military engineer and architect.
He is mentioned as Riccio Sanese, a pupil of Sodoma, by Vasari in his Vite[2] Most of his works were either ephemeral or have been lost.
He created the scenography for the comedy of l'Ortensio, presented for the Grand Duke Cosimo I, in the Salone delle Commedie of Florence.
[3] His major work is the Mannerist Coronation of the Virgin at the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena.