Cesare Dandini (1596 - 1657)

• Was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
• He was active mainly in his native city of Florence.
• He was the older brother of the painter Vincenzo Dandini.
• 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.
• 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.
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