Career
He is also called Pier Dandini. He was the son (or nephew) and pupil of the painter Vincenzo Dandini. Vincenzo"s sons, Ottaviano and Vincenzo Dandini the younger also became painters.
Among his pupils as Valerio Baldassarri of Pescia, Father Alberico Carlini of Vellano, Gaetano Santarelli Giovanna Fratellini, and Giovanni Cinqui.
In addition to having training within the family, he traveled to Bologna, Modena, Venice, and Rome to learn about art As a painter, Dandini"s styles are eclectic, as reflected in his travels, though he has the high-minded graciousness and delicacy characteristic of Florentine Baroque.
He also painted an altarpiece depicting the Beheading of John the Baptist for the church of San Giovannino dei Cavalieri. A Street Francis in Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
An altarpiece in the Church of Santa Caterina d"Alessandria in Pisa.
An altarpiece of God the Father for the Santuario della Madonna del Giglio of Prato. An Adoration of the Magi for the Church of Santa Croce in Vinci, Italy. And painting in the former convent of San Francesco de" Macci.
Other works in situ include frescoes in the Capella Nuova of Villa Louisiana Petraia.
Murals for Villa Bellavista near Pistoia. And in the Florentine Palazzo Corsini.
The Palazzo Montecitorio in Rome has a series of paintings of the Four Seasons. He also painted some pastoral and rustic scenes.
