The Resilient Spirit of Clusone: The Life of Antonio Cifrondi In the quiet, rugged landscapes of Lombardy, a voice emerged that would later whisper to the very foundations of modern expressionism. Antonio Cifrondi, born in 1656 to a humble family of masons in Clusone, possessed an artistic soul that seemed far too vast for the modest circumstances of his birth. Though history often remembers the grand, sweeping gestures of the High Baroque, Cifrondi’s journey was one of profound observation and quiet resilience. He was a man described by contemporaries as “always poor but full of cheer,” a p…