Claudio Ridolfi
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Claudio Ridolfi (1560 - 1644) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Rome and Urbino. He was a pupil of the painter Dario Pozzo and Paolo Veronese. Born in Verona, died in Corinaldo. He befriended Federigo Barocci. He established himself in Corinaldo in the region of Ancona. He painted a Birth of John the Baptist for the church of Santa Lucia in Urbino. He painted a Presentation of the virgin in the temple for a church in Santo Spirito. He painted a Deposition for a church in Rimini. He painted a Santa Giustina, St. Benedict presenting rules to the principal Benedictines for a church in Padua.
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- Farquhar, Maria (1855). in Ralph Nicholson Wornum: Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006, page 147.