Caption:
Portrait of Cristofano Gherardi or Cristoforo Gherardi, also known as il Doceno, Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period, active mainly in Florence and Tuscany, 1508-1556. Christofaro Gherardi Pittore. Woodcut from Giorgio Vasaris Le vite de piu eccellenti pittori, scultori, et architettori, The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects, Florence, 1678.