Giovanni Battista Naldini

He painted two crowded, mannerist canvases for the Studiolo of Francesco I in the Palazzo Vecchio: the Allegory of Dreams and the Gathering of Ambergris.

He painted an altarpiece of Calling of Saint Matthew for the Salviati Chapel in San Marco, where he worked alongside Francesco Morandini.

The chapel, which was added to the original church during works for the new facade, was built in 1570 by the architect Giovanni Antonio Dosio.

In 1573 the Florentine banker Giovanni Battista Altoviti acquired the patronage and dedicated the chapel to St. John the Baptist, the Patron Saint of his city.

He did a side-altar at San Giovanni Battista Decollato, Rome, the showcase there for the Florentine high Maniera style.