Andrea Commodi
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Andrea Commodi (1560 - 1648) was an Italian painter of the early-Baroque period. Born in Florence, but mostly active in Rome. He was the pupil of the painter Cigoli. He painted frescoes in the sacristy of San Carlo ai Catinari and a Fall of the Angels now in the Accademia gallery in Florence. One of his pupils was a juvenile Pietro da Cortona whow moved to Rome and became one of the towering figures of the Italian Baroque.
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- Farquhar, Maria (1855). in Ralph Nicholson Wornum: Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006, page 48.
