Lazzaro Baldi (c. 1624 – 1703)

• Was an Italian painter and engraver.
• Baldi was born in Pistoia around 1624.
• He is believed to have been a pupil of a little known Francesco Leoncini in his native city.
• Attracted by the fame of his fellow Tuscan Pietro da Cortona and seeking his instruction, he sought da Cortona in Rome, where he was welcomed.
• Pascoli said that he obtained his first commissions through da Cortona, under whom he became adept at fresco technique.
• The first public work was probably the St Francis painted in the third chapel to the left in the church of San Marco in Rome.

• He painted a David and Goliath for Alexander VII in the Palazzo Quirinale.

• He also painted frescoes for the church of San Giovanni in Oleo (1658), and San Giovanni in Patmos (1660–1665) for San Giovanni in Laterano.

• He also painted an altarpiece of the Martyrdom of St. Lazarus for the church of Santi Luca e Martina.

• As an engraver, Baldi is known for a plate on The Conversion of St. Paul.

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