(b Arezzo, 1492; d Arezzo, 1552). Italian painter. He was the son of a painter, Matteo Lappoli (d 1504). He learnt the rudiments of his art from Domenico Pecori (c. 1480–1527) in Arezzo, then completed his training in Florence, where he frequented the workshops of Andrea del Sarto and Pontormo and came into contact with the most important painters of the time, including Agnolo Bronzino and Rosso Fiorentino. He initially concentrated on musical interests, but was persuaded to resume painting c. 1523 by Perino del Vaga. When the plague reached Florence he returned to Arezzo, where he was commissioned to paint several works (most untraced). In 1524 Rosso, in Arezzo on his way to Rome, gave Lappoli a drawing to use for his painting of the Visitation (Arezzo, Badia). According to Vasari, Lappoli went to Rome in 1527 and suffered during the Sack. He returned to Arezzo, where he painted an altarpiece for S Francesco, the Adoration of the Magi (Arezzo, S Domenico), also from a drawing by Rosso. The decisive influence of Rosso is evident in Lappoli’s few surviving works: the Virgin and Child with Saints, the Allegory of the Immaculate Conception (both Montepulciano, Mus. Civ.) and Virgin and Child with Saints (Bibbiena, S Maria del Sasso). His paintings did not, however, do justice to the quality of Rosso’s drawings.