Full Name: Borghini, Raffaele
Gender: male
Date Born: 1537
Date Died: 1588
Place Born: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Place Died: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Home Country/ies: Italy
Subject Area(s): painting (visual works) and sculpture (visual works)
Overview
Wrote the celebrated, Il riposo di Raffaele Borghini in cui della pittura e della scultura si favella, de’ più famose opere loro si fa menzione, e le cose principali appartenenti a dette arti s’ insegnano in 1584. The fourth section contains important information on the artistic and cultural world of Florence. Borghini relied mainly on Vasari, and is considered Vasari’s successor.