Francesco Brina [SEP] place of death
Francesco Brina
Francesco Brina or Del Brina or Brini (1540 – 1586) was an Italian painter of the Mannerist period, active mainly in Florence. 
S.J. Freedburg ascribes his training to either Ridolfo Ghirlandaio or more likely his son, Michele di Ridolfo. He holds him to have followed the "most conservative adaptation of the Vasarian maniera". He appeared to limit his output to mostly devotional "Madonna and Child" paintings ("madonneri"), and in this endeavor, paraphrasing the compositions and expressions of Andrea del
chancel whose patrons were the Guicciardini family (and where the famous historian Francesco was buried in 1540). The work continued until the vault was decorated by Cinganelli (ca. 1620); on the altar is the "Adoration of the Shepherds" attributed to Francesco Brina (1587). 
In the church there are also the "Martyrdom of the Maccabees "(1863) by Antonio Ciseri in the 3rd chapel on the right, the "Meeting of St. Anne and St. Joachim", attributed to Michele Tosini, at