- Tommaso Redi (painter)
Tommaso Redi (1665- 1726) was an Italian painter, active during the late-
Baroque in his nativeFlorence .He initially apprenticed with the Florentine painter
Anton Domenico Gabbiani (1652-1726), and then moved toRome to work in the Medici Academy in that city, which employedCarlo Maratti andCiro Ferri as teachers. He returned to Florence to paint in thePalazzo Pitti and also was a respected portrait painter.When the Czar Peter visited
Florence , he was particularly struck with the works of Redi, and being desirous of establishing an academy for the promotion of the fine arts at Moscow, attempted to have Redi run the academy, but the latter did not accept the offer. Redi died atFlorence .Among his pupils were
Giovanni Domenico Campiglia (1692-1768) andGiuseppe Grisoni (1700-1769).References
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