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Pietro Dandini (12 April 1646 – 26 November 1712) was an Italian painter of the
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Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi, Bolognese, 1723, page 365. As a painter, Dandini's styles are eclectic, as reflected in his travels, though he has the high-minded graciousness and delicacy characteristic of Florentine Baroque. Pietro was strongly patronized by members of the
San Giovannino dei cavalieri, pier dandini, decollazione del battista.JPG, ''Decollation of St John the Baptist'', San Giovannino dei Cavalieri, Florence
San Jacopo Soprarno, interno, altare maggiore pier dandini vocazione di san jacopo.JPG, ''Vocation of St Jacob'',
Entry by Evelina Borea in Dizionario Treccani
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Pietro Dandini (12 April 1646 – 26 November 1712) was an Italian painter of the Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
period, active mainly in Florence
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.
Biography
He is also called ''Pier Dandini''. He was the son (or nephew) and pupil of the painter Vincenzo Dandini. Pietro's uncle, Cesare Dandini, was a prominent painter in Florence. Vincenzo's sons,Ottaviano
Ottaviano ( nap, Uttajano) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about east of Naples and is located in the Vesuvian Area. Ottaviano was in Roman times a hamlet of houses within ...
and Vincenzo Dandini the younger also became painters. Among his pupils as Valerio Baldassarri of Pescia, Father Alberico Carlini of Vellano, Gaetano Santarelli Giovanna Fratellini
Giovanna Fratellini (1666 – 1731) was a Florentine artist during the Baroque period. Born in Florence as Giovanna Marrmocchini Cortesi, she married Guiliano Fratellini in 1685 and changed her name to Fratellini.Fortune, Jane, and Linda Falcone. ...
, and Giovanni Cinqui
Giovanni Cinqui or Giovanni del Cinque (Scarperia, 1667 -1743) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He trained in Florence under Pietro Dandini, He worked in the court of Cosimo III. He painted in the Villa Medicea dell'Ambrogiana, the Palazzo di ...
. In addition to having training within the family, he traveled to Bologna, Modena, Venice, and Rome to learn about art.Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi, Bolognese, 1723, page 365. As a painter, Dandini's styles are eclectic, as reflected in his travels, though he has the high-minded graciousness and delicacy characteristic of Florentine Baroque. Pietro was strongly patronized by members of the
Medici Family
The House of Medici ( , ) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first began to gather prominence under Cosimo de' Medici, in the Republic of Florence during the first half of the 15th century. The family originated in the Muge ...
, including prince Ferdinand and the Grand Duke. He completed a number of ecclesiastical commissions in Florence, including frescoes in the vault for San Jacopo Soprarno; in the chapel of San Bernardo in the church of San Frediano; in the lunettes for San Giovannino degli Scolopi
The church of San Giovannino degli Scolopi is a minor church in the center of Florence, located on Via Martelli corner with Via Gori.
From 1351 to 1554, the church was known as ''San Giovanni Evangelista'', since the site had a small oratory dedic ...
; and in the dome of the main chapel of the church of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi
Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi is a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic church and a former convent located in Borgo Pinti in central Florence.
History
The ''Pazzi'' name was added after the Carmelite order nun Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, canoniz ...
depicting the ''Ascension of St Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi surrounded by Florentine Saints'' (1701). He also painted an altarpiece depicting the ''Beheading of John the Baptist'' for the church of San Giovannino dei Cavalieri
San Giovannino dei Cavalieri (''Young St. John the Baptist of the Knights'') previously named Church of San Giovanni Decollato (Decapitated St. John), is a parish church situated in Via San Gallo in central Florence, Italy.
Initially the site held ...
; a ''St Francis'' in Santa Maria Maggiore
The Basilica of Saint Mary Major ( it, Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, ; la, Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris), or church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is a Major papal basilica as well as one of the Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome and the larges ...
in Rome; an altarpiece in the Church of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria Santa Caterina d'Alessandria may refer to the following churches in Italy:
* Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Padua, Veneto
*Santa Caterina d'Alessandria, Parma Santa Caterina d'Alessandria ( Saint Catherine of Alexandria) is a Roman Catholic church l ...
in Pisa; an altarpiece of ''God the Father'' for the Santuario della Madonna del Giglio of Prato
Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...
; an ''Adoration of the Magi'' for the Church of Santa Croce in Vinci, Italy
Vinci ( , ) is a city in the Italian region of Tuscany and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Florence. The birthplace of Renaissance polymath Leonardo da Vinci lies just outside the town.
Main sights
* Museo Leonardiano, museum of Leonardo da ...
; and painting in the former convent of San Francesco de' Macci.
Other works in situ include frescoes in the Capella Nuova of Villa La 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 bel ...
; murals for Villa Bellavista near Pistoia; and in the Florentine Palazzo Corsini. He painted a large canvas of the ''Battle of Vienna'' in 1683 (now lost) for the auditor Filippo Lucci, which won the admiration of contemporary critics such as Francesco Saverio Baldinucci
Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name " Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include:
People with the given name Francesco
* Francesco I (disambiguation), sev ...
, from whom we can derive the most biographical information about Pietro's life. The Palazzo Montecitorio
The Palazzo Montecitorio () is a palace in Rome and the seat of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian Parliament.
History
The palace's name derives from the slight hill on which it is built, which was claimed to be the ''Mons ...
in Rome has a series of paintings of the ''Four Seasons''. He also painted some pastoral and rustic scenes.
Gallery
San Jacopo Soprarno, Florence
San Jacopo sopr'Arno is a church in Florence, Italy.
The church was built in the 10th–11th centuries in Romanesque style. It subsequently experienced heavy modifications including the addition of a triple-arched portico.
According to the Rena ...
Nascita di maria, dandini.jpg, ''Birth of the Virgin'', Duomo, San Gimignano
San Gimignano () is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. Known as the Town of Fine Towers, San Gimignano is famous for its medieval architecture, unique in the preservation of about a dozen of ...
Santa maria del giglio, altare.jpg, Altarpiece, Church of Santa Maria del Giglio, Prato
Prato ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Italy, the capital of the Province of Prato. The city lies in the north east of Tuscany, at the foot of Monte Retaia, elevation , the last peak in the Calvana chain. With more than 200,000 i ...
Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi (Florence) - Dome of Cappella Maggiore.jpg, Dome, Santa Maria Maddalena de' Pazzi, Florence
Chiesa di san gaetano, sacrestia, pier dandini, san gaetano presenta la chiesa alla trinità accompagnato dalla fede.JPG, ''St Cajetan dedicates church to the Trinity and Faith'', San Gaetano, Florence
San Gaetano, also known as Santi Michele e Gaetano, is a Baroque church in Florence, Italy, located on the Piazza Antinori, entrusted to the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest.
History
A Romanesque architecture, Romanesque church, de ...
Villa_La_Nerlaia,_interno,_salone,_soffitto_02.jpg, Ceiling fresco, Villa La Nerlaia
References
* * * * * * *Entry by Evelina Borea in Dizionario Treccani
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