Francesco Rustici
1592
—
1626
Italian painter (1592-1626)
Francesco Rustici, called Il Rustichino was an Italian painter active in Siena. He worked on commissions for the local churches as well as from the Grand-Dukes of Tuscany. In his work he shows a preference for nocturnal effects which reveals the influence of Caravaggio and his followers, the so-called Caravaggisti.
