 From 1616 until his death in Florence at the age of 43, he was the principal court poet to the Medici family.In addition to numerous theatrical entertainments and poems, he wrote the libretti for five operas, four of which have survived, although only "La Flora" composed by Marco da Gagliano and Jacopo Peri has an extant score.He was married twice, first to Emilia Rigogli by whom he had three sons and then to the painter Alessandra Furini.