Bartolomeo Carducci (156014 November 1608) was an
Italian painter
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*Niccolò dell'Abbate (1509/12–1571)
*Giuseppe Abbati (1836–1868)
*Angiolo Achini (1850–1930)
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, better known as Carducho, the Spanish corruption of his Italian patronymic.
Biography
He was born in
Florence
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, where he studied
architecture
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and
sculpture
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under
Bartolomeo Ammanati
Bartolomeo Ammannati (18 June 151113 April 1592) was an Italian architect and sculptor, born at Settignano, near Florence. He studied under Baccio Bandinelli and Jacopo Sansovino (assisting on the design of the Library of St. Mark's, the ''Bibli ...
, and painting under
Federico Zuccari
Federico Zuccaro, also known as Federico Zuccari (c. 1540/1541August 6, 1609), was an Italian Mannerist painter and architect, active both in Italy and abroad.
Biography
Zuccaro was born at Sant'Angelo in Vado, near Urbino (Marche).
His docum ...
.
He assisted Zuccari with the completion of ''
The Last Judgment'' on the ceiling of the dome of
Florence Cathedral
Florence Cathedral, formally the (; in English Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower), is the cathedral of Florence, Italy ( it, Duomo di Firenze). It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally c ...
.
The latter master he accompanied to
Madrid
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, where he painted the ceiling of the
Escorial
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library, assisting also in the production of the
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
s that adorn the cloisters of that noted palace.
His brother,
Vincenzo Carducci
Vincenzio Carduccio (in Spanish, sometimes ''Vicencio'' or Vicente Carducho; 1576 or 1578–1638) was an Italian painter who spent his career in Spain.
Biography
He was born in Florence, and was trained as a painter by his brother B ...
also aided in the work, and succeeded him as chief painter to King
Philip III of Spain
Philip III ( es, Felipe III; 14 April 1578 – 31 March 1621) was King of Spain. As Philip II, he was also King of Portugal, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia and Duke of Milan from 1598 until his death in 1621.
A member of the House of Habsburg, Phi ...
.
He died in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
, where most of his works are to be found. Among the most celebrated of them is a ''Descent from the Cross'', in the church of San Felipe el Real, in Madrid,
now in The Prado, along with a ''Last Supper'.'' The
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
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also owns a ''Penitent St. Jerome'.'' Bartolomeo with his brother Vincenzo painted the notable reliquary altarpieces of San Diego de Valladolid,
1604–1606, which are exhibited in
Museo Nacional de Escultura Colegio de San Gregorio, in that city. Among his pupils was
Francisco López.
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1560 births
1608 deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
17th-century Italian painters
Painters from Florence
16th-century Spanish painters
Spanish male painters
17th-century Spanish painters
Fresco painters
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