Monday, May 16, 2022

Pietro Dandini (1646-1712) - Florentine Baroque Dynasty

Pietro Dandini
Study of the Head of the Laocoön
before 1712
drawing
Art Institute of Chicago

Pietro Dandini
Studies of Figures for Ceiling Fresco
before 1712
drawing
British Museum

Pietro Dandini
Académie
before 1712
drawing
Harvard Art Museums

Pietro Dandini
Académie
before 1712
drawing
Musée du Louvre

Pietro Dandini
San Gaetano accompanied by Faith
presents the Church to the Holy Trinity

ca. 1680
ceiling fresco
Chiesa di San Gaetano, Florence

Pietro Dandini
San Gaetano accompanied by Faith
presents the Church to the Holy Trinity
 (detail)
ca. 1680
ceiling fresco
Chiesa di San Gaetano, Florence

Pietro Dandini
Tondo with a Miracle of the Madonna dell'Annunziata
ca. 1687-1703
fresco
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Pietro Dandini
Tondo with a Miracle of the Madonna dell'Annunziata
ca. 1687-1703
fresco
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Pietro Dandini
Tondo with a Miracle of the Madonna dell'Annunziata
ca. 1687-1703
fresco
Basilica della Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Pietro Dandini
Worship of the Holy Trinity (detail)
1696
ceiling fresco
Cappella Nuova, Villa La Petraia, Florence

Pietro Dandini
Worship of the Holy Trinity (detail)
1696
ceiling fresco
Cappella Nuova, Villa La Petraia, Florence

Pietro Dandini
Worship of the Holy Trinity (detail)
1696
ceiling fresco
Cappella Nuova, Villa La Petraia, Florence

Pietro Dandini
Four Allegorical Figures
ca. 1685
ceiling fresco
Palazzo Tempi, Florence

Pietro Dandini
Allegory of Concord
ca. 1675-85
oil on canvas
Palazzo Pretorio, Prato

Pietro Dandini
Death of Lucretia
ca. 1690
oil on canvas
private collection

Pietro Dandini –  Tuscan School.  He was the son and pupil of Vincenzo Dandini, and was also a follower of the manner of Cortona; but he studied also the works of the great masters of the Venetian School, of which he gave evidence in his best or most carefully painted works.  He possessed great facility of execution, undertook more than he could accomplish, and as he painted much for gain, his pictures are frequently very slightly and negligently executed.

– Maria Farquhar, Biographical Catalogue of the Principal Italian Painters (London: John Murray, 1855)