121 - Francesco Curradi (Florence 1570–1661), workshop of

Francesco Curradi (Florence 1570–1661), workshop of Praying Madonna Oil on canvas 45 x 42 cm Curradi trained under Naldini, with whom he later collaborated. In 1579, on the occasion of the arrival in Florence of Christina of Lorraine, he participated—along with Passignano, Santi di Tito, Jacopo Ligozzi, and Alessandro Fei—in the creation of the decorative elements for the Ponte alla Carraia. He also collaborated on the creation of the *Stories of Christ* for the church of San Giovannino. Between 1594 and 1603, in collaboration with Bilivert, Poccetti, l’Empoli, Tiberio Titi, and Passignano, he created the decoration for the Serragli Chapel in the Dominican church of San Marco. In the following years, now recognized as a master, he developed his independent practice, working in Florence and in the most important churches of the Grand Duchy. Beginning in the 1620s, he began receiving commissions from the Medici family, and in 1633 he was in Rome, where Pope Urban VIII appointed him a Knight of the Order of Christ. Francesco Curradi (Florence 1570–1661) workshop of Praying Madonna Oil on canvas 45 x 42 cm