A Ghismunda of Cesare Dandini

We know Florence city of Medici family and Michael Angel and Leonard da Vinci alone to 15^th and 16^th centuries, painters, architects and sculptures, but after during 17^th century the glory of Medici’s city seems disappeared, but in Florence other painters continued their work, and Cesare Dandini(Florence 1596-1657)Florentine painter pupil of Cesare Curradi, Cristoforo Allori and Domenico Passignano was one translator of light and colour of Florentine 16^th century in 17^th century, but he took also much ideas by painting naturalism that he uses so giving true human presence, he follows his stylistical character, therefore face are same much figures; same face that he used to Ghismunda(Fig.1), a literary character of a Italian writer, Giovanni Boccaccio, it is a love contrasted by father of Ghismunda and conclusion is very tragically; it is a subject very rare in painting, and Dandini follows his style with face and naturalism, that now he seems sharpens because expression of Ghismunda is very natural as his body; but the motive for to giveback this painting to Dandini is one, the face, just considered before, face of this Ghismunda whose brushstroke is same of other painting of Dandini as Allegories of comedy(Figs.2-3), and Apollo(Fig.4) nose is same, fingers are same, and mouth that equal all figures; but after much equalities  a difference we must consider; this Ghismunda is different because shows a formal growth of Dandini; a major consciousness of realism, a humanity of posture and to body that is evident, differently other posture of precedent figures, now naturalism is very important in painter of Dandini.

Alessandro Lusana   

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