Vincenzo Meucci: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Rococo1700 (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
m first part including 2 photos |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File:Cappella brancacci, cupola di vincenzo meucci2.JPG|thumb|upright 1.2|Fresco at Chapelle Brancacci, Florence]] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
[[File:Chorkuppel San Lorenzo Florenz.jpg|thumb|upright 1.2|Fresco at San Lorenzo, Florence]] |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
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). |
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). |
||
Revision as of 00:34, 19 November 2013
Vincenzo Meucci (1694 in Florence–1766 in Florence) 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.
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Artists | |
| People | |
| Other | |
| Warning | Local parameters are deprecated. |
 | This article about an Italian painter born in the 17th century is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |