She was a very successful woman for her time, creating two large commissions for the San Giovanni di Dio Hospital[3] in Florence.
"[7] Beyond the academy, Ferroni had three teachers who were prominent within the art world of the time: Violante Siries Cerroti, Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, and Vincenzo Meucci.
The same man as in Saint John Giving Bread to the Poor is depicted again in a black cloak, this time hunched over with his thumb on the forehead of a baby.
The restoration project, funded by the Advancing Women Artists Foundation, began by creating a scaffolding in order to remove the paintings from the high walls of the atrium.
They were then transferred to the studio, where conservators Elizabeth Wicks and Marina Vincenti conducted a diagnostic photographic investigation in order to identify issues with the painting for restoration.
Lastly, varnish was applied before returning the paintings to their rightful home in the atrium of the San Giovanni Di Dio Hospital.