Pier or Pietro Dandini (Florence 1646 - 1712)... Lot 41

Pier or Pietro Dandini (Florence 1646 - 1712) attributed Saint Agnes Oil on canvas 64 x 49 cm The younger brother of painters Cesare and Vincenzo Dandini, he was among the most active painters in the Baroque period in Florence, Prato and Pisa, where numerous works are still preserved today. Other works can be found at Palazzo Corsini, Villa La Petraia (frescoes in the New Chapel) and Villa Bellavista near Pistoia (frescoes), Palazzo Marchetti and Palazzo Gatteschi in Pistoia. The Four Seasons is preserved at Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome. Dandini was a leading element of the late Tuscan Baroque, as he was able to observe and make his own the lessons of Pietro da Cortona and Luca Giordano, both active in Florence. Pier or Pietro Dandini (Florence 1646 - 1712) attributed Saint Agnes Oil on canvas 64 x 49 cm