Bartolomé Carducho (ca. 1560–1608)

• Bartolomeo Carducci, better known as Carducho.
• Was an Italian Painter.
• Carducci was born in Florence, where he studied architecture and sculpture under Bartolomeo Ammanati, and painting under Federico Zuccari.
• He assisted Zuccari with the completion of The Last Judgment on the ceiling of the dome of Florence Cathedral.
• The latter master he accompanied to Madrid, where he painted the ceiling of the Escorial library.
• Between 1604 and 1606, Carducci painted the reliquary altarpieces of San Diego de Valladolid, with the assistance of his brother Vincenzo Carducci.
• Among Carducci's pupils was Francisco López.
• Carducci died in Spain; his brother Vincenzo succeeded him as chief painter to King Philip III of Spain.

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