(b Florence, 25 Oct 1529; d Florence, 12 Sept 1596). Sculptor. His initial training was as a gold-beater, but he later learnt the art of sculpture. His main work consisted of wooden crucifixes, usually of limewood. According to Filippo Baldinucci, Giovan Battista Naldini, on seeing Curradi’s rather stiff crucifixes, showed him a drawing by Pontormo, and with his help Curradi’s work improved, softened and gained in grace and piety. Baldinucci also relates that Curradi’s work was complimented by Giambologna. Baldinucci was acquainted with crucifixes by Curradi in various Florentine churches and private chapels, including the oratory of the Concezione in S Maria dei Servi (where one crucifix was located above the altar of the Curradi family, with another small one in the sacristy); the Donne di S Bonifacio hospital; the Gaddi Chapel in Santa Croce; and the oratory of the Confraternità di S Bonaventura. Baldinucci also referred to another crucifix in the possession of Grand Duke Francesco I. There was also a large gilded crucifix, in S Maria Novella, which was accompanied by frescoes by Alessandro Allori and an altarpiece by Bronzino. None of Curradi’s works is known to have survived.

Part of the Curradi family