Antonio Randa

Antonio Randa (died 1650) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Ferrara, Modena, and his native Bologna.

Biography

Randa first trained with Guido Reni, but afterwards worked under Lucio Massari and Girolamo Curti. He then gained the patronage of the Duke of Modena (1614).^[1] Other sources state he fled Bologna after committing murder.^[2]

He painted a San Filippo Neri for the church of Santo Stefano, Ferrara; and a Virgin and child with Saints for the church of San Liberale. Alessandro Provagli (died 1636) was one of his pupils.^[3]

References

• Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. 346–347.

1. Bryan, M.
2. Gli artisti italiani e stranieri negli stati estensi catalogo storico ... By Giuseppe Campori, page 399.
3. Campori G., page 391.