Giovanni (Il Cosci) Balducci - Artist Info

About Giovanni (Il Cosci) Balducci

  • Biography

    Giovanni Balducci was an Italian painter. He was trained by Giovan Battista Naldini, who was influenced by Vasari and late Florentine Mannerism. Between 1575 and 1579 Balducci collaborated with Federico Zuccaro on the frescoes of the Last Judgement in the dome of Florence Cathedral. He enrolled at the Accademia del Disegno in 1578. In 1577 and 1580 he worked with Naldini on the decoration of the Altoviti Chapel in Trinità dei Monti, Rome.

    On his return to Florence, he assisted Alessandro Allori in the decoration of the ceilings in the corridor of the Uffizi gallery. His work on the decoration of Florence Cathedral for the wedding of Ferdinand I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in 1589, includes the Last Supper. The Mystic Marri...

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