One of the most prolific artists of the 1600s in Florence, Jacopo Ligozzi signed many of his works with the title *di minio,* miniaturist, suggesting the importance he attached to his small-scale works. His contribution to Medici art of this period, however, was anything but small, as he was a versatile large-scale painter, draftsman, and printmaker, as well as miniature painter. Born to a Verona
