Claudio Ridolfi

Claudio Ridolfi, Mary Magdalene at the foot of the Cross. Santa Maria in Portuno, Corinaldo

Claudio Ridolfi (1560–1644) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.

Ridolfi was born in Verona, and was active mainly in Rome and Urbino. He was a pupil of the painters Dario Pozzo and Paolo Veronese.

A friend of Federico Barocci, he established himself in Corinaldo in the region of Ancona, where he died.

Works

• Birth of John the Baptist for the church of Santa Lucia in Urbino
• Presentation of the virgin in the temple for a church in Santo Spirito
• Deposition for a church in Rimini
• Santa Giustina, St. Benedict presenting rules to the principal Benedictines for a church in Padua

References

• Farquhar, Maria (1855). Ralph Nicholson Wornum. ed. Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006. pp. page 147. http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters. 

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Name	Ridolfi, Claudio
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Date of birth	1560
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Date of death	1644
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