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What was the working location for Giovanni Balducci from 1575 to 1592?
Giovanni Balducci Giovanni Balducci , called Il Cosci after his maternal uncle , ( c . 1560 — after 1630 ) was an Italian mannerist painter . Biography . He was born in Florence , he was trained by Giovanni Battista Naldini . He worked under the guidance and supervision of Vasari and under and with Federico Zuccari , on the massive , yet generally uninspired , fresco of the Final Judgment ( 1575–1579 ) , on the inside of the Brunelleschi dome of the Duomo in Florence . He also frescoed a Last Supper in the church . These paintings , in addition to other transient ornamented arches and banners , were part of decorations developed to celebrate the wedding of Ferdinand I de Medici , Grand Duke of Tuscany to Christina of Lorraine . During this time , Balducci also painted an altarpiece of the Mystical Marriage of St Catherine for the church of SantAgostino in San Gimignano . From 1577-1580 , he aided Naldini in the fresco decoration of the Altoviti Chapel in the church of Trinità dei Monti in Rome . He returned to Florence , to assist Alessandro Allori in the also uninspired decoration of Vasaris Gallery for the Uffizi . Under the patronage of Cardinal Alessandro de Medici , who later became the short-lived Pope Leo XI , Balducci was engaged from 1588-1590 , in painting a cycle of frescoes depicting scenes from the Life of Christ for the Oratorio di Gesù Pellegrino , located in Via San Gallo of Florence . From 1590-1591 , he worked with Naldini in the decoration of Volterra Cathedral , painting in the Serguidi chapel a Miracle of Loaves and Fish . By 1600 , Balducci had moved to Naples where he painted altarpieces of St Dominic dispense the Rosary and St Peter Martyr for the church of Santa Maria della Sanità . He painted the Pardon of Carlo Gesualdo ( 1609 ) now in the church of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Gesualdo in the province of Avellino . He painted a number of frescoes in the cloister of Santa Maria del Carmine . He also frescoed ceilings for the church of the Annunziata in Maddaloni in Campania . He died in Naples . Legacy . Balducci has paintings in public collections including two in the United Kingdom .