CARDUCCI, BARTOLOMMEO Italian painter, better known as CARDUCHO, the Spanish corruption of his Italian patronymic, was born in Florence, where he studied archi tecture and sculpture under Ammanati, and painting under Zuc caero. He accompanied the latter to Madrid, where he painted the ceiling of the Escorial library, assisting also with the frescoes that adorn the cloisters. Most of his works are to be found in Spain; the most celebrated is a "Descent from the Cross," in the church of San Felipe el Real, in Madrid.
His younger brother VINCENZO was born in Flor ence, and was trained as a painter by Bartolommeo, whom he fol lowed to Madrid. He worked for Philip III. and Philip IV., and his best pictures are those executed for the former monarch as decorations in the Prado. Examples of his work are preserved at Toledo and other Spanish cities. Among his pupils were Giovanni Ricci, Pedro Obregon, Vela, Francisco Collantes, and other dis tinguished representatives of the i 7th-century Spanish school. He was also author of a treatise or dialogue, De las Excelencias de la Pintura, published in 1633.