Livio Mehus

Painting, Visual Artist

1630 – 1691

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Who was Livio Mehus?

Livio Mehus was an Flemish painter and engraver of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. Born in Oudenaarde in Flanders. After an obscure training in Milan with a battle-painter, he traveled at the age of 15 years to Rome, he found a powerful patron in Prince Matthias of Tuscany. In Rome, he was a pupil of the painter Pietro da Cortona, and often worked with Ciro Ferri. He had extensive patronage from the Medici family. From Florence, he left to join theater players for the Duke of Savoy in Turin, but after three years he returned to painting in Florence, and again with the patronage of Prince Matthias, he joined Stefano della Bella. He helped in the decoration of the cupola of the church of La Pace at Florence.

He specialized in painting lush mythologic scenes.

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Born
1630
Oudenaarde
Nationality
  • Italy
Died
Aug 7, 1691

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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