Cristoforo Rustici, known as ''il Rusticone'', (1552 in

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– 1641 in Siena) was an Italian painter active in

who is known for his religious compositions and allegorical scenes representing the twelve months.

Life

He was born in Siena in 1552 in an artistic family of architects and artists originally from

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who had settled in Siena in the 16th century.Vincenzo Rustici - Madonna and Child with Saints Augustine, John the Evangelist and Joseph
at Sotheby’s His father

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, known as ''Il Rustico'' or ''Lorenzo di Cristoforo Rustici'', was a prominent

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painter of stucco and grotesque decorations. His younger brother

Vincenzo Rustici Vincenzo Rustici (Siena, 1556 – Siena, 1632) was an Italian painter active in Siena. He was known for his religious compositions as well as his Veduta, vedute showing public celebrations in Siena. Life Precise details about the life and caree ...

(1556–1632) was also a painter.Ladislav Daniel, ''The Florentines: art from the time of the Medici grand dukes'', Exhibition catalogue: Prague, Waldstein Riding School Gallery, 16.5.-18.8.2002, Olomouc, Museum of Arts, 26.9.-5.1.2003, Cheb, Gallery of Fine Arts, 14.2.-6.4.2003, published by National Gallery in Prague, 2002, p. 92 His nephew

Francesco Rustici Francesco Rustici, called Il Rustichino (Siena, 1592 – Siena, 1626) was an Italian painter active in Siena. He worked on commissions for the local churches as well as from the Grand-Dukes of Tuscany. In his work he shows a preference for noc ...

was one of the leading followers of

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the fina ...

working in Siena.

Filippo Baldinucci Filippo Baldinucci (3 June 1625 – 10 January 1696) was an Italian art historian and biographer. Life Baldinucci is considered among the most significant Florentine biographers/historians of the artists and the arts of the Baroque period. ...

, ''Opere di Filippo Baldinucci volume primo decimoquarto Notizie de' professori del disegno da Cimabue in qua opera di Filippo Baldinucci fiorentino accademico della Crusca con note ed aggiunte'', Volume 12, Timbro non identificato dalla Società tipografica de' classici italiani contrada del Cappuccio, 1812, p. 101-102. Filippo Baldinucci stated that Cristoforo Rustici was Francesco's father but that is no longer accepted. He trained with his father,

Lorenzo Rustici Lorenzo Rustici (1512–1572) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his native city of Siena, Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western ...

and later with

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. He is mainly known for a series of compositions representing the twelve months. He also produced many religious works for the local churches.

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