Antonio Franchi
Antonio Franchi (born July 14, 1638 in Lucca , † July 18, 1709 in Florence ) was an Italian painter and art theorist of the Baroque . In Florence he is regarded as an important representative of the artistic creation of the generation after Francesco Furini and Pietro da Cortona .
Live and act
After his training , Franchi , who came from Lucca , was active in Florence from 1674. Known as Il Lucchese due to his origins, the painter, together with Alessandro Allori and Pier Dandini , assumed the role of the city's most important painter for almost three decades after the death of Justus Susterman in 1681. Because of his dominant role in Florence, Franchi was elected four times to the console of the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno . From 1686 he was intensively promoted by Vittoria della Rovere , the Grand Duchess of Tuscany , and took on the unofficial rank of court painter. His painterly work is determined by numerous portraits of the Florentine nobility (especially the Medici ) and the bourgeoisie, as well as paintings of religious subjects.
The art treatise, which was completed shortly before Franchi's death in 1709, is one of the most important examples of Leonardo da Vinci's reception in the Baroque era. The manuscript, which is now in the Florentine State Archives, was only published posthumously by Giuseppe Rigacci in 1739; another edition has been in existence since 2002 in front.
Franchi was in contact with prominent artists, art theorists, collectors and scholars across Italy, including Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri and Pellegrino Antonio Orlandi .
Works (selection)
painting
- Immaculate with Archangel Michael, Saint Benedict of Nursia and Pope Stephen I in Florence
- Madonna and Child in the Conservatorio di Santa Marta in Montopoli in Val d'Arno
- St. Giovanni Gualberto in the Vallombrosan Abbey in Reggello
Books
- La Teorica della Pittura, ovvero Trattato delle materie più necessarie per apprendere con fondamento quest'arte . S. and G. Marescandoli, Lucca 1739
In 2002 another edition appeared with a slightly different title:
- Antonio P. Torresi (Ed.): Trattato della Teorica Pittoresca. "La Teorica della Pittura" riveduta e corretta sul manoscritto degli Uffizi . Liberty House, Ferrara 2002.
literature
- Julius von Schlosser : The art literature. A handbook for source studies in modern art history . Schroll, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-7031-0604-2 , p. 545 (reprint of the Vienna 1924 edition).
- Francesca Nannelli: Antonio Franchi e la sua vita scritta da Francesco Saverio Baldinucci . In: Paradigm. Studi e testi , Vol. 1 (1977), pp. 317-369.
- Marco Gallo: Franchi, Antonio, detto il Lucchese. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 50: Francesco I Sforza-Gabbi. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1998, pp. 85-87.
- Fabian Jonietz: The escort of the brush and the guerrilla of the feathers. The rediscovered editorial copy of the Teorica della Pittura and Antonio Franchi's polemic literature . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte , Vol. 73 (2010), pp. 377-412, ISSN 0044-2992
- Sandro Bellesi: Catalogo dei pittori fiorentini dell'600 e'700. Biography e opere, vol. 1: Tavoli a colori, biography e repertorio delle opere, indici . Florence 2009, ISBN 978-88-596-0625-3 , pp. 150-152.
proof
- ^ Marco Gallo: Franchi, Antonio . In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , vol. 50 , p. 86.
- ↑ Fabian Jonietz: The escort of the brush and the guerrilla of the feathers. The rediscovered editorial copy of the Teorica della Pittura and Antonio Franchi's polemic literature . In: Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte , Volume 73 , 2010, pp. 377–412.
- ↑ Francesca Nannelli: Antonio Franchi e la sua vita scritta da Francesco Saverio Baldinucci . In: Paradigm. Studi e testi , Vol. 1 (1977), pp. 317-369.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Franchi, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter and art theorist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1638 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lucca |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 18, 1709 |
| Place of death | Florence |