Francesco Curradi
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Francesco Curradi (1570-1661) was an Italian painter of the style described as Contra-Maniera or Counter-Mannerism, born and active in Florence.
Son of a jeweller, Taddeo, he trained under Giovanni Battista Naldini and in 1590 matriculated from the Accademia del Disegno, Florence. His first independent works from 1597-8 were for churches of Volterra, including for the Colleoni chapel in the Duomo di Volterra. He helped paint frescoes Fame exalting Michelangelo for the Casa Buonarroti (c. 1616-17).
He paints the San Francesco Saverio preaching to Indians for the church of San Giovannino degli Scolopi (1622), and a canvas of Narcissus and Herminia among shepherds (1622) commissioned by the cardinal Carlo de' Medici for his Casino di San Marco. He paints seven lunettes in the chapel of Villa di Poggio Imperiale with the Story of Mary Magdalen.
He paints the Crowning of the Virgin in 1646 for the Benedictine abbey at Vallombrosa, and a Preaching of John the Baptist for the Rondoni chapel in the church of Santa Trinita in 1649. One of his pupils was Cesare Dandini.
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- Grove Art Dictionary
