Antonio Franchi

Initially training in Lucca with Domenico Ferrucci, he moved for over a decade (1655–67) to Florence, to work with Felice Ficherelli and Baldassare Franceschini.

He returned to Lucca for seven years, and then moved back to Florence, where he worked for under first Strozzi, then Medici patronage.

His paintings have the porcelain crispness of design, characteristic of Carlo Dolci; and some the sensuality of a Francesco Furini.

He painted a San Giovanni Gualberto in prayer for the Chapel of the saint in the Vallombrosa Abbey.

[2] He also published a text on the practice and materials of painting titled: La Teorica della Pittura.