Orazio Fidani (10 July 1610,
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
– 2 January 1656, Florence)
Entry on Fidani
@ the RKD
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was an Italian painter; primarily of religious and mythological subjects.
He practiced a style of Naturalism associated with Florence. The works of Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...
were an obvious influence. His primary teacher was Giovanni Bilivert
Giovanni Biliverti (surname also written as Bilivelt and Bilivert or other variants) (Florence, 25 August 1585 – Florence, 16 July 1644) was an Italian painter of the late-Mannerism and early-Baroque period, active mainly in his adoptive city o ...
, whose studio he was employed in for twelve years. He later wrote Bilivert's biography. Francesco Furini
Francesco Furini (c. 1600 (or 1603) – August 19, 1646) was an Italian Baroque painter of Florence, noted for his sensual sfumato style in paintings of both secular and religious subjects.
Biography
He was born in Florence to an artistic ...
was a friend and frequent collaborator. He also worked with and Felice Ficherelli
Felice Ficherelli (30 August 1605 – 5 March 1660) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, born in San Gimignano and active mainly in Tuscany
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.[Riccardo Spinelli, "Biographies", in Mina Gregori, ''Le Musée des Offices et le Palais Pitti'', Editions Place des Victoires (2000) ]
He painted at numerous churches throughout the Tuscan countryside. Some of his altarpiece
An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...
s are reproductions of Bilivert's.Florence Charterhouse
Florence Charterhouse (''Certosa di Firenze'' or ''Certosa del Galluzzo'') is a charterhouse, or Carthusian monastery, located in the Florence suburb of Galluzzo, in central Italy. The building is a walled complex located on Monte Acuto, at the ...
, where he completed 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 ...
es and works on canvas.
References
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External links
* Giovanni Leoncini, ''FIDANI, Orazio'', in ''Dizionario biografico degli italiani
The ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'' ( en, Biographical Dictionary of the Italians) is a biographical dictionary published by the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, started in 1925 and completed in 2020. It includes about 40,000 biograp ...
'', vol. 47, 1997.
Online
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)
1610 births
Year of death missing
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Florence
Italian Baroque painters
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