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'''Vincenzo Meucci''' ([[1694]]-[[1766]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] painter of the late-[[Baroque]] period. Born in [[Florence]]. He was a pupil first of the painter [[Sebastiano Galeotti]], then of [[Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole]] in [[Bologna]]. |
'''Vincenzo Meucci''' ([[1694]]-[[1766]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] painter of the late-[[Baroque]] period. Born in [[Florence]]. He was a pupil first of the painter [[Sebastiano Galeotti]], then of [[Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole]] in [[Bologna]]. |
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He was patronized by the Marchese Giovan Battista Salimbeni of [[Siena]], as well as the cardinals Alessandro [[Chigi]] Zondadari and Neri [[Corsini]]. His masterpiece was a commission by [[Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici]], the last Medici resident of the [[Pitti Palace]], who contracted him to fresco the cupola of the [[Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze]] with the ''Glory of Florentine Saints''(1742). |
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Revision as of 04:11, 1 September 2007
Vincenzo Meucci (1694-1766) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. Born in Florence. He was a pupil first of the painter Sebastiano Galeotti, then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna.
He was patronized by the Marchese Giovan Battista Salimbeni of Siena, as well as the cardinals Alessandro Chigi Zondadari and Neri Corsini. His masterpiece was a commission by Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, the last Medici resident of the Pitti Palace, who contracted him to fresco the cupola of the Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze with the Glory of Florentine Saints(1742).
Partial anthology
- Frescoes for Chapel of San Mauro, Badia Fiorentina, Florence (1717)
- Madonna del Rosario, Santa Lucia alla Castellina, Sesto Fiorentino (1731)
- Frescoes for ceiling at the entrance of Ospedale di San Giovanni di Dio, Florence(1735)
- Frescoes for Palazzo Panciatichi, Florence (c. 1741)
- Marriage of Virgin Church of San Paolino, Florence
- Altarpiece for church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Florence
- Ascension of Christ, frescoed on nave ceiling of San Salvatore al Vescovo, Florence
References
- Hobbes, James R. (1849). Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur. T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street; Digitized by Googlebooks. pp. page 97.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - Drawing's from Lille. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Review author[s]: Luisa Vertova
The Burlington Magazine (1992) p 141-2.
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