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Francesco Curradi Narcissus at he Spring oil painting


Narcissus at he Spring
Painting ID::  28968
Artist: Francesco Curradi
Painting: Narcissus at he Spring
Introduction: mk65 Oil on canvas 70 7/8x81 1/2in Pitti,Palatine Gallery
   
   
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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     Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1570-1661 son of Taddeo Curradi. He produced many devotional works and had a large clientele. At their best, the works are distinguished by lucid draughtsmanship, simple compositions and elegant, melancholy figures. Curradi was trained in the studio of Giovan Battista Naldini and in 1590 matriculated from the Accademia del Disegno, Florence. His first independent works include a Virgin and Child with Saints (1597; Volterra, S Lino) and a Birth of the Virgin (1598; Volterra Cathedral), both signed and dated. These paintings reflect the new clarity and directness introduced into Florentine painting by such artists as Santi di Tito and Jacopo Ligozzi. Subsequent works include a Crucifixion (1600) and a Virgin and Saints (1602; both Legnaia, S Angelo). In these the influence of Naldini yielded to that of Lodovico Cigoli and his circle, while the mildness of expression in the figures was inspired by Domenico Passignano. An album of 87 red chalk drawings, with scenes from the Life of St Mary Magdalene dei Pazzi (1606; Florence, convent of the Carmelites at Careggi) distinguished by their precision and clear, characteristically Florentine compositions, contributed to the iconography of this popular Counter-Reformation saint. In 1607 Curradi was commissioned to portray her mortal remains, and this painting, together with the drawings, . Related Artists to Francesco Curradi : | Baron Pierre-Narcisse Guerin | Homer Dodge Martin | camille bombois | Albert Chmielowski | Jakob Smits |

 

 

 

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