Sunday, February 10, 2019

Francesco Furini (1603-1646) - Florence, Rome, Venice

Francesco Furini
St Agatha
ca. 1635-45
oil and tempera on canvas
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Francesco Furini
Lot and his Daughters
ca. 1634
oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Francesco Furini
Andromeda
ca. 1630-40
oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

"Francesco Furini was born and worked mainly in Florence.  He visited Rome and Venice and died in Florence.  Influenced by Guido Reni, he was known for his rather morbidly sensual depictions of the female nude."

– curator's notes from the National Gallery, London

Francesco Furini
St Agnes
ca. 1640
oil on canvas
private collection

Francesco Furini
St Sebastian
before 1646
oil on canvas
Guildhall Art Gallery, London

Francesco Furini
St Sebastian
ca. 1633
oil on canvas
National Galleries of Scotland

Francesco Furini
Personification of Poetry
ca. 1633
oil on paper, mounted on panel
National Galleries of Scotland

Francesco Furini
St John the Evangelist
ca. 1635-36
oil on canvas
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon

Francesco Furini
Samson and Delilah
ca. 1645
oil on canvas
private collection

Francesco Furini
Judith and Holofernes
1636
oil on canvas
Palazzo Barberini, Rome

Francesco Furini
Death of Adonis
ca. 1626-28
oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Francesco Furini
The Three Graces
ca. 1638
oil on canvas
National Gallery, London

Francesco Furini
Artemisia prepares to drink the ashes of her husband, Mausolus
ca. 1630
oil on canvas
Yale University Art Gallery

Francesco Furini
Portrait of Granduchessa Vittoria della Rovere
ca. 1645
oil on canvas
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence