Alessandro Gherardini

Alessandro Gherardini (1655 - 1723) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence.

He was the pupil of the painter Alessandro Rossi. Among his pupils was Sebastiano Galeotti [Hobbes J.R. p. 101.] . In Florence, he painted a "Crucifixion" for the Monastery of the Augustines adjacent to Santa Maria dei Candeli; and frescoes from the "Life of St. Anthony" for the Convent of San Marco.

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