Cosimo Daddi (before 1575–1630), was a late
Renaissance
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painter active mainly around
Volterra
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History
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and
Florence
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. In 1591–94, he participated in the fresco decoration (the deeds of Godefroy de Bouillon) of the
Villa Petraia
Villa La Petraia is one of the Medici villas in Castello, Florence, Tuscany, central Italy. It has a distinctive 19th century belvedere on the upper east terrace on axis with the view of Florence.
History
In 1364, the "palace" of Petraia belo ...
for the
Medici
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family.
Baldassare Franceschini was one of his pupils.
References
*Pontormo and Rosso. Empoli and Volterra. David Franklin. ''The Burlington Magazine,'' Vol. 137, No. 1102 (Jan., 1995), pp. 48–50
16th-century births
1630 deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
17th-century Italian painters
Painters from Tuscany
Italian Renaissance painters
People from Volterra
Year of birth uncertain
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