Felice Ficherelli

Places of work recorded in the authority are Florence. Works named in the authority record are St Lawrence. Work by Felice Ficherelli is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Auckland Art Gallery, Nationalmuseum, Hessen Kassel Heritage and National Gallery of Slovenia.

He was born in San Gimignano. Nothing is known of his parents. He was sent to Florence at a very early age, and placed under the protection of Count Alberto d'Ottavio Bardi di Vernio, an aide to Cardinal Carlo de Medici. After displaying some artistic talent, he was made an apprentice in the workshops of Jacopo da Empoli, where he made copies of works by the Renaissance masters. In 1629, he enrolled at the Accademia dell'Arte del Disegno. Count Bardi died in 1632 but, thanks to a provision in Bardi's will, he was able to remain at the Count's home in return for providing one large painting per year. Many of his works are still in the possession of the Bardi family. During the 1650s, he created numerous religious works, mostly featuring the Madonna, at the chapel in the Basilica of Santo Spirito, the Church of Sant'Egidio (Florence), the Church of San Giovanni Battista, and the Florence Charterhouse, among others. Most of his other work is decorative in nature. His most familiar work is Saint Praxedis, which exists in two versions. A copy of the later version appears to be signed by Johannes Vermeer and dated 1655, which would make it one of his earliest works. This has been the subject of much disagreement among art scholars. Ficherelli died in Florence in 1660 and was interred at the Church of Santa Maria dei Bardi. It was demolished in 1869 to widen the Lungarno.

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded as human. Ficherelli worked at Florence. The same evidence establishes that felice Ficherelli is recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the gender male. It is also recorded that felice Ficherelli was born on 30 August 1603. Institutional cataloguing adds that felice Ficherelli died on 5 March 1660.