Baldassare Croce

Known as a prolific academic painter in Rome; he was named director of the Academy of St. Luke.

He painted six large frescoes along the nave of the church of Santa Susanna, depicting the life of the Susanna from the Old Testament.

[1] He worked under Cesare Nebbia and Giovanni Guerra in the decoration of the Scala Santa in San Giovanni in Laterano.

In January 1628, he was named Principe (Prince) of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.

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St. Francis of Assisi receives laypeople into his Third Order by Baldassare Croce, 1602–1603.