Giovanni Battista Stefaneschi

Giovanni Battista Stefaneschi (1582–1659) was a Tuscan painter of the Baroque period. He is also called the Eremita di Monte Senario. He was born in Ronta, a frazione of Borgo San Lorenzo. He was a pupil of the painter Andrea Commodi and was also influenced by Jacopo Ligozzi and Pietro da Cortona.

For Ferdinand II Medici, Duke of Tuscany, he painted various history subjects, including four copies in miniature of works by Correggio, Andrea del Sarto, Raphael and Titian.

He died in Venice on 31 October 1659.

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