Vincenzo Borghini was an Italian monk, artist, philologist, and art collector of Florence, Italy.
Anonymous portrait of Vincenzo Borghini, National Central Library of Florence
The Studiolo is a small painting-encrusted barrel-vaulted room in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy. It was commissioned by Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. It was completed for the duke from 1570 to 1572, by teams of artists under the supervision of Giorgio Vasari and the scholars Giovanni Batista Adriani and Vincenzo Borghini.
Studiolo of Francesco I
The Invention of Gunpowder by Jacopo Coppi
Image: Studiolo di francesco I, 04
Image: Studiolo di francesco I, 05