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Goldsmith and medalist, born in Rome. He was brought to Florence by Cellini as his pupil and accompanied him to Ferrara and Paris. Galeotti worked as a medalist in Florence after 1550, but executed commissions from Milan, Genoa and Turin. He produced at least seventy-two medals and was highly praised by Vasari. His reverse types are often elaborate decorative scenes. See Forrer 2, pp. 190-94; 7, pp. 336-37; Thieme-Becker 13, pp. 91-92; Habich, p. 136; Kress, pp. 65-67. --- from The Molinari Collection, Andrea S. Norris and Ingrid Weber, Published by Bowdoin College, 1976