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Felice Ficherelli (30 August 1605 – 5 March 1660) was an Italian painter of the
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17th-century Italian painters 1605 births 1660 deaths Painters from Siena Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub
Felice Ficherelli (30 August 1605 – 5 March 1660) was an Italian painter of the Baroque
The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...
period, born in San Gimignano
San Gimignano () is a small walled medieval hill town in the province of Siena, Tuscany, north-central Italy. Known as the Town of Fine Towers, San Gimignano is famous for its medieval architecture, unique in the preservation of about a dozen of ...
and active mainly in Tuscany. Among Ficherelli's early patrons was Conte Bardi, who persuaded Ficherelli to move to Florence and to study with the painter Jacopo da Empoli. Empoli's influence is evident in the sumptuous fabrics seen in many of Ficherelli's works. Ficherelli was nicknamed "Felice Riposo" for his retiring nature.
There is a controversial copy of Ficherelli's '' Saint Praxedis'', which appears to be signed by Johannes Vermeer and dated 1655.Liedtke, W. (2001) Vermeer teaching himself. In: The Cambridge Companion to Vermeer. Edited by Wayne E. Franits.
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17th-century Italian painters 1605 births 1660 deaths Painters from Siena Italian male painters Italian Baroque painters {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub