Francesco Furini (c. 1600-1603 – 1646)

• Was an Italian Baroque painter of Florence.
• He is know for his sensual sfumato style in paintings of both secular and religious subjects.
• He was born in Florence.
• His father, Filippo, was a portrait painter.
• His sister Alessandra also became a painter; and another sister, Angelica, was a singer in the court of Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
• Furini's early training was by Matteo Rosselli.
• He befriended Giovanni da San Giovanni.
• Among his pupils are Simone Pignoni and Giovanni Battista Galestruzzi.

• Furini is a painter of biblical and mythological set-pieces.

• Furini became a priest in 1633 for the parish of Sant'Ansano in Mugello.

• On order of Ferdinando II de' Medici, between 1639 and 1642, Furini frescoed in Palazzo Pitti two large lunettes depicting the Platonic Academy of Careggi and the Allegory of the Death of Lorenzo the Magnificent.

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