Francesco Bartoli

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Francesco Bartoli (born April 27, 1670 in Rome , † 1733 ibid) was an Italian engraver and antiquarian ("antiquarian").

life and work

Francesco Bartoli was the son of the engraver Pietro Santi Bartoli , whose pupil he was and whose antiquarian work he continued. Only a few engravings are known of him. So he worked with his father at Le pitture antiche delle Grotte di Roma e del sepolcro de 'Nasonj , Rome 1706. In addition, he made a stab of designed by Sebastiano Cipriani created catafalque for John Sobieski , King of Poland, in Santo Stanislao dei Polacchi in Rome 1696 and two engravings in Domenico de Rossi , Studio d'architettura civile sopra gli ornamenti di porte e finestre tatti da alcune fabbriche insigni di Roma con le misure piante modini, e profili. Opera de piu celebri architetti de nostri tempi , Rome 1702. Bartoli was also active as a draftsman, for example for the antiquarian John Talman in 1712 he supplied drawings of church works of art from the treasure of S. Peter in Rome (today in the British Museum ); Mediated through this, he made drawings for Richard Topham (now in Eton College ) and Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester (now in Holkham Hall ).

From 1700 to 1733 he succeeded his father in the post of overseer of the antiquities in the Papal States, the Commissario delle Antichità . He campaigned for the preservation of the Pantheon , the Colosseum , the Triumphal Arches, the Cestius Pyramid and other monuments and tried to prevent the illegal export of antiquities.

literature

  • Alfredo Petrucci:  Bartoli, Francesco. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 6:  Baratteri – Bartolozzi. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1964.
  • Ronald T. Ridley: Francesco Bartoli. A corrected obituary . In: Storia dell'arte 72, 1991, pp. 195-198.
  • Ronald T. Ridley: To Protect the Monuments. The Papal Antiquarian (1534-1870). In: Xenia Antiqua 1, 1992, pp. 134-137.
  • Bartoli, Francesco . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 7, Saur, Munich a. a. 1993, ISBN 3-598-22747-7 , p. 257.
  • Ilaria Almagno: Francesco Bartoli Commissario delle Antichità. Nuovi contributi . In: Studi romani 55, 2007, pp. 453–472.
  • Laura Bartoni: Le vie degli artisti. Residenze e botteghe nella Roma barocca dai registri di Sant'Andrea delle Fratte (1650–1699) . Nuova Cultura, Rome 2012, p. 390.

Remarks

  1. ↑ "Disegnate, & intagliate alla similitudine degli antichi originali da Pietro Santi Bartoli, e Francesco Bartoli suo Figliuolo".
  2. ↑ Pl. 116–117 ( digital ).
  3. ^ Drawings in the British Museum .
personal data
SURNAME Bartoli, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian engraver and archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1670
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH 1733
Place of death Rome