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Livio Mehus (May-Hews. Nor.) (1630 – 7 August 1691) was an Flemish painter and engraver of the Baroque period active mainly in Florence. Born in Oudenaarde in Flanders. After an obscure training in Milan with a battle-painter he traveled at the age of 15 years to Rome he found a powerful patron in Prince Matthias of Tuscany. In Rome he was a pupil of the painter Pietro da Cortona and often worked with Ciro Ferri. He had extensive patronage from the Medici family.
