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FERRI, CIRO (1634-1689)

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FERRI, CIRO (1634-1689) , See also:Roman painter, the See also:chief See also:disciple and successor of Pietro da See also:Cortona. He was See also:born in the Roman territory, studied under Pietro, to whom he became warmly attached, and, at an See also:age a little past See also:thirty, completed the See also:painting of the ceilings and other See also:internal decorations begun by his instructor in the Pitti See also:palace, See also:Florence. He also co-operated in or finished several other See also:works by Pietro, both in Florence and in See also:Rome, approaching near to his See also:style and his particular merits, but with less See also:grace of See also:design and native vigour, and in especial falling See also:short of him in See also:colour. Of his own See also:independent productions, the chief is an extensive See also:series of scriptural frescoes in the See also:church of S. Maria See also:Maggiore in See also:Bergamo; also a painting (rated as Ferri's best See also:work) of St See also:Ambrose healing a sick See also:person, the See also:principal altarpiece in thechurchof S. Ambrogio See also:delta Massima in Rome. The paintings of the See also:cupola of S. Agnese in the same See also:capital might See also:rank even higher than these; but this labour remained uncompleted at the See also:death of Ferri, and was marred by the performances of his successor Corbellini. He executed also a large amount of See also:miscellaneous designs, such as etchings and frontispieces for books; and he was an architect besides. Ferri was appointed to See also:direct the Florentine students in Rome, and Gabbiani was one of his leading pupils. As regards style, Ferri ranks as chief of the so-called Machinists, as opposed to the school founded by See also:Sacchi, and continued by Carlo Maratta. He died in Rome—his end being hastened, as it is said, by See also:mortification at his recognized inferiority to Bacciccia in colour.

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