Francesco Curradi [SEP] place of death
Francesco Curradi
Francesco Curradi or Currado (15 November 1570 – 1661) was an Italian painter of the style described as Counter-"Maniera" or Counter-Mannerism, born and active in Florence.
Biography.
Curradi was the son of a jeweller, Taddeo. He trained under Giovanni Battista Naldini and in 1590 matriculated in the Accademia del Disegno, Florence. His first independent works from 1597 to 1598 were for churches in Volterra, including that in the Colleoni chapel of the local Duomo. He helped paint the frescoes of the
of "Martyrdom of San Stefano", 1656); Francesco Bianchi Buonavita; Cigoli (Copy of Santi di Tito's "Deposition"); Francesco Curradi ("Death of Santa Cecilia before Urban I", 1641); Francesco Morosini ("St Paul on Road to Tarsus"); Mauro Soderini ("St Zanobi resuscitates a child", 1745), and Santi di Tito ("Madonna and Saints", after 1585).