Donato Giannotti

Donato Giannotti (27 November 1492 – December 1573)[1] was an Italian political writer and playwright.

He subsequently wrote theoretical works on republicanism.

After the return of the Medicis, he lived in exile, dying in Rome.

He became acquainted with Michelangelo at the time he worked in the Signoria in Florence.

According to Vasari, Giannotti approached Michelangelo with the commission from Ridolfi, for the Brutus.