Agostino Vespucci

Agostino Vespucci
NationalityItalian
Other namesAugustinus Mathei Vespuccii
OccupationGovernment clerk
RelativesAmerigo Vespucci (cousin)

Agostino Vespucci was a Florentine chancellery official, clerk, and assistant to Niccolò Machiavelli, among others. He is most well known for helping to confirm the subject of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa as Lisa del Giocondo, and is also the author of a number of surviving letters and manuscripts.

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