Cesare Dandini

Training under Francesco Curradi is recorded. Vincenzo Dandini is recorded as having studied under Cesare Dandini. The recorded working language is Italian. The field of work recorded is painting. The authority associates the name with Baroque painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are Florence. Works named in the authority record are Rinaldo and Armida and Two water birds hanging. Work by Cesare Dandini is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Ireland and Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest.

• Name — Cesare Dandini • Born — 1 October 1596 • Birthplace — Florence • Known for — Painting • Movement — Baroque

He was the older brother of the painter Vincenzo Dandini (1609–1675). His nephew, Pietro was a pupil of Vincenzo, and Pietro's two sons, Ottaviano Dandini and the Jesuit priest Vincenzo also worked as painters in Florence. According to the biographer Baldinucci, Cesare first worked under Francesco Curradi, then Cristofano Allori, and finally Domenico Passignano. He enrolled in 1621 in the Accademia del Disegno. Dandini displayed a Florentine tradition of bold color contrasts and elegant, linear compositions. His style has the polish and attention to draughtsmanship and design characteristic of Florentines like Carlo Dolci. Among his pupils were Stefano della Bella, Alessandro Rosi, the landscape painter Antonio Giusti, Giovanni Domenico Ferrucci, and Jacopo Giorgi.

In 2020, a lost painting by Dandini "Holy Family with the Infant St. John" was found in a church in New Rochelle, New York by Iona College Art History Professor Thomas Ruggio. The rediscovered painting is one of at least four paintings by Dandini that are connected to each other. One is in The Hermitage Museum, and another is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The fourth painting was last known to be part of a private collection in New York City.

• Illustration — Holy Family • Illustration — St Ines • Illustration — Allegory of Intelligence • Illustration — St Cecilia • Illustration — Penitent Magdalen • Illustration — Youth with Spear • Illustration — Youth • Illustration — Youth • Illustration — Deux braves • Illustration — Mary with Jesus and Saint John the Baptist