Curradi (or Currado), Francesco

Curradi (or Currado), Francesco a Florentine historical and portrait painter, was born in 1570, and studied under Battista Naldini. His Magdalene, and The Martyrdom of St. Thecla, in the Florentine galleries, are considered his best. He died in 1661. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gene-rale, s.v.; Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.