Saints Dominic Francis Leonardo Mascagni
Español Saints Dominic and Francis by Leonardo Mascagni (1616) Leonardo Mascagni was born in Prato, Italy, where he was baptized on September 3, 1560. His father, Giovanni di Antonio, had obtained citizenship four years earlier, in 1556. Related to some of the wealthiest and most influential families in Prato – the Buonamici, the Guizzelmi, the Rocchi and the Verzoni – the Mascagnis belonged to the ruling class; Giovanni was the agent and attorney of the provost of Prato Pierfrancesco Riccio. The information regarding Mascagni's pictorial training is rather scarce. What is certain is that, thanks to his father's membership in the Opera di S. Maria del Soccorso, he had the opportunity to come into contact with Santi di Tito, to whom the Opera had commissioned the painting for the main altar of the sanctuary in 1579, which was delivered in 1585. During this period, Mascagni probably attended the workshop of Santi di Tito. This representation of the Crucifixion, Jesus Christ is t...
