... was a painter, performer and composer of music, as well as a prolific writer of plays and treatises on a variety of subjects. He was the father of Plautilla Bricci, one of the first known female architects of the baroque.

An extensive biography with a list of his works is available at: Michel, Olivier: “BRICCI (Briccio, Brissio, Brizio), Giovanni ”, en Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Vol. 14. Treccani (1972).