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	Ferri, Ciro (b Rome, ?1634; d Rome, 13 Sept 1689). Italian painter, sculptor, architect and draughtsman. He was the most gifted pupil of Pietro da Cortona, and his style, in frescoes, easel paintings and drawings, remained a remarkably true interpretation of the latter’s Roman Baroque; Pascoli wrote of Ferri: ‘No pupil followed Cortona’s style more closely than Ciro; none so nearly approached the beauty of his art, and the originality of his invention.’ The work of the two artists is at times so close that attributions, especially among their drawings, have often been confused. In his designs for sculpture, architecture and decorative ornament, Ferri was indebted to both Cortona and Bernini. Ferri’s art was important in spreading the decorative style of the Roman Baroque to Florence and to other cities.
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	Ferri, Ciro Cortona, Pietro da, §II: Critical reception and posthumous reputation Malta, §III, 3: Middle Ages and after: Sculpture Medici, de’: (27) Cosimo III de’ Medici Rome, §III, 5(i): Art life and organization, 1601–1700: Artistic environment altars Cortona, Pietro da, §I, 3(i): Architecture: Rome and Florence, before c 1647 architecture Falconieri Florence, §IV, 9(ii): Palazzo Pitti decoration Marcellini, Carlo Andrea Rome, §V, 26: Palazzo del Quirinale assistants Cortona, Pietro da, §I, 1(iii): Paintings: Late works in Rome, 1647 and after attributions Falconieri: (1) Orazio Falconieri collaboration Chigi: (3) Alexander VII Italy, §III, 5(iv): Baroque and Rococo painting, c 1600–c 1750: Florence and Tuscany Piamontini, Giuseppe Rome, §V, 14(ii)(b): St Peter’s: Decoration drawings Antichi, Prospero Suttermans, Giusto, §2: Mature work, 1631–59 frescoes Bergamo, §3: S Maria Maggiore Frascati Medici, de’: (25) Leopoldo de’ Medici Rainaldi: (2) Carlo Rainaldi interior decoration Cortona, Pietro da, §I, 1(ii): Paintings: Rome and Florence, c 1630–47 Florence, §II, 2(ii): Art life and organization, c 1600–c 1800 patrons and collectors Medici, de’: (22) Ferdinando II de’ Medici Pascoli, Lione pupils Ferrata, Ercole Italy, §IV, 4(iii): Baroque sculpture, c 1600–c 1750: Florence and Tuscany Cateni, Giovanni Camillo Cateni, Giovanni Camillo Foggini, Giovanni Battista Foggini, Giovanni Battista Gabbiani, Anton Domenico Gabashvili, Georgy Odazzi, Giovanni Odazzi, Giovanni Puglieschi, Antonio Puglieschi, Antonio Redi, Tommaso Redi, Tommaso Rivalz, Antoine Rivalz: (2) Antoine Rivalz Rocca, Michele Rocca, Michele Soldani (Benzi), Massimiliano Soldani, Massimiliano, §1: Training and early work, to 1682 reproductive prints by others Bologna, §I, 1: History and urban development, before c 1400 Chasteau, Guillaume Spierre, François

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