Simone Pignoni (April 17, 1611 – December 16, 1698) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque
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Francesco Furini
Francesco Furini (c. 1600 (or 1603) – August 19, 1646) was an Italian Baroque painter of Florence, noted for his sensual sfumato style in paintings of both secular and religious subjects.
Biography
He was born in Florence to an artistic f ...
. He is best known for painting in a style reminiscent of the morbidly sensual Furini. Reflective of this obsession is his self-portrait, c. 1650, in which he depicts himself building up a plump naked female from a skeleton. The biographer
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, in what little he notes of the painter, recalls him as the scandalous "imitator of (Furini's) licentious inventions".
A more complete biography was recorded by his pupil
Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani
Giovanni Camillo Sagrestani (1660–1731) was an Italian painter of the Baroque era.
Biography
A native of Florence, he was, according to Lanzi, a pupil of Antonio Giusti, but became a follower of the style of Carlo Cignani.Trieste; a ''St. Louis providing a banquet for the poor'' (c. 1682) now in the church of Santa Felicita in Florence, commissioned by Conte Luigi Gucciardini; and a ''Madonna and child in glory with archangels Saints Michael and Raphael in battle armor and San Antonio of Padua'' (1671) for the Cappella di San Michele in Santissima Annunziata. He painted an Allegory of Peace in
Palazzo Vecchio
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. A ''Penitent Magdalen'' that has been attributed to Pignoni is found in the Pitti Palace. In San Bartolomeo in Monteoliveto, he painted a ''Madonna appearing to Blessed Bernardo Tolomeo''.
In addition to Sagrestani, another pupil was the priest
Luca Querci
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