Maso da San Friano: Life and Legacy Early Life and Training Born Tommaso d'Antonio Manzuoli in 1531 in San Fiorano, Italy, Maso da San Friano was a Florentine painter active during the late Renaissance. His early life remains somewhat obscure, but it is known he received his artistic training in Florence. Accounts vary regarding his teachers; Giorgio Vasari attributes his apprenticeship to Pier Francesco Foschi, while others suggest C…