Comodi (or Commodo), Andrea

Comodi (or Commodo), Andrea a reputable Florentine painter, was born in 1560, and was the friend and scholar of Cigoli. His principal works are in Rome, among which are the following: The Baptism of Christ, in San.Giovanni in Fonte; Christ Bearing the Cross, in the tribune of San Vitale; and the principal altar- piece in San Carlo a Catinari, representing the titular saint kneeling. He died at Florence in 1638. See Spooner, Biog. Hist. of the Fine Arts, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.