Claudio Ridolfi Explained
Claudio Ridolfi (1560 - 1644), also known as Claudio Veronese,[1] was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.
Biography
Ridolfi was born in Verona to a noble family. He was active mainly in Rome and Urbino where he was a pupil of the painters Dario Pozzo and Paolo Veronese.[2] [3] Simone Cantarini, Girolamo Cialdieri, Benedetto Marini, and two painters named Patanazzi and Urbinelli were pupils or followers of Ridolfi.[4]
Despite being unable to find employment as a painter, he lived a comfortable life and enjoyed painting. While in Urbino he married a noblewoman and established himself in Corinaldo. He died in 1644 aged 84 years old.
Works
- Birth of John the Baptist for the church of Santa Lucia in Urbino
- Presentation of the virgin in the temple for a church in Santo Spirito
- Deposition for a church in Rimini
- Santa Giustina, St Benedict presenting rules to the principal Benedictines for a church in Padua
- San Fillippo and Santa Maria Assunta, in a canvas, in the church of Santa Maria Assunta, in Galzignano Terme
References
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Sources
Notes and References
- Book: Lanzi, Luigi Antonio. The History of Painting in Italy: From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century. 1847. H.G. Bohn. 449. en.
- Web site: Giuseppe Macpherson (1726-c. 1780) - Claudio Ridolfi (ca 1570-1644). 2021-11-05. www.rct.uk. en.
- Book: Hobbes, James R.. The Picture Collector's Manual ...: Being a Dictionary of Painters, Containing Fifteen Hundred More Names Than in Any Other Work .... 1849. T. & W. Boone. 223. en.
- https://archive.org/details/memoirsdukesurb05denngoog Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, illustrating the arms, arts, and ...
