Alessandro Bardelli (1583–1633) was an Italian painter of the

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period. He was born in

Uzzano Uzzano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about southwest of Pistoia. Uzzano borders the following municipalities: Buggiano, Chiesina Uzzanese, Pescia, ...

near

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. He trained with the cavalier

Francesco Currado Francesco Curradi or Currado (15 November 1570 – 1661) was an Italian painter of the style described as Counter-''Maniera'' or Counter-Mannerism, born and active in Florence. Biography Curradi was the son of a jeweller, Taddeo. He trained un ...

and worked along

Ludovico Cardi Lodovico or Ludovico Cardi (21 September 1559 – 8 June 1613), also known as Cigoli, was an Italian painter and architect of the late Mannerist and early Baroque period, trained and active in his early career in Florence, and spending the last ...

. Painted mainly in Pescia, including a fresco in the bishop's church. He painted a ''Archangel Raphael and Tobias returning sight to Tobias' father'' for the church of

Santi Stefano e Niccolao Santi Stefano e Niccolao or Stefano e Nicolò is a Roman Catholic church located in Pescia, region of Tuscany, Italy. History A church at the site dates from about the 11th century, but construction of the church continued until the 1300s. The sc ...

in Pescia. He died in

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* 1583 births 1633 deaths People from Pescia 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna Painters from Tuscany Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-16thC-stub