FURINI, Francesco
(b. 1603, Firenze, d. 1646, Firenze)

Allegory of Peace

1640-45
Oil on canvas, 84 x 70 cm
Private collection

A cultivated artist, enamoured of theatre and literature, Francesco Furini was the inventor in Florence of a fluid, blurry style, and its principal practitioner, creating a true school of painting that endured to the end of the century in Florence.