Giovanni Mannozzi, also known as Giovanni da San Giovanni (born in San Giovanni Valdarno in 1592 and died in Florence in 1636), was considered by his contemporaries an excellent master and painter. From a young age, he showed a strong passion for painting, so much so that in 1608 he left the ecclesiastical studies and fled from San Giovanni Valdarno to move to Florence. Here he became a student in the workshop of Matteo Rosselli, specializing in the representation of human figures. According to the biographer Filippo Baldinucci, Mannozzi led a somewhat extravagant life, very obsessed with the study of drawing and painting, and he neglected his own external appearance, often being disheveled.
Just twenty years old, Giovanni da San Giovanni was admitted to the Academy of Arts and Design, showing a particular predilection for contemporary artists, especially those from the Venetian school. He immediately distinguished himself for his decorative works.
Between 1621 and 1627, he was in Rome, where he maintained relations with educated and refined clients, such as Cardinal Giovanni Garzia Mellini, who commissioned some works for the church of the Santi Quattro Coronati, which he owned. In 1628 he moved to Reggio Emilia, and the following year returned to Florence, intervening in works at the Badia a Settimo and the Badia Fiesolana.
In the last years of his life, he received numerous commissions, including the decorations of the salon on the ground floor of Palazzo Pitti.
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