Francesco Cozza (painter)
Francesco Cozza (* 1605 in Stilo ; † January 13, 1682 ) was an Italian Baroque painter .
Life
Cozza was born in Stilo in Calabria in 1605 and died in Rome on January 13, 1682 at the age of 77 . As a young man he moved to Rome, where he did an apprenticeship with Domenichino and traveled with him to Naples in 1634 .
He became known for his ceiling fresco Apotheosis of the Pamphili House (1667–1673) in the library of the Palazzo Pamphilj on Piazza Navona in Rome. From 1658 to 1659 he painted the fresco Stanza del Fuoco in the Palazzo Doria-Pamphilj in Valmontone , where he worked alongside Pier Francesco Mola , Gaspar Dughet , Mattia Preti , Giovanni Battista Tassi ( il Cortonese ) and Guglielmo Cortese . He also worked with Carlo Maratta and Domenico Maria Canuti on the frescoes of the Palazzo Altieri in Rome. His landscapes are reminiscent of the Carracci style of paesi con figure piccole (landscapes with small figures). He also painted the Madonna del Riscatto in the Church of Santa Francesca Romana . In 1650 he was accepted into the Accademia di San Luca in Rome.
gallery
- Francesco Cozza's painting
Francesco Cozza , Saint Francis comforted by an angel , Galleria Nazionale di Palazzo Arnone, Cosenza, Italy
Francesco Cozza , The Sermon of John the Baptist , Galleria Nazionale di Arte antica, Palazzo Barberini, Rome.
literature
- Michael Bryan: Robert Edmund Graves (Ed.): Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I: A – K) . George Bell and Sons, York St. # 4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 1886, p. 325.
- Luigi Cunsole: Francesco Cozza: pittore ed acquafortista . Pellegrini, Cosenza 1966 .
swell
- Francesco Cozza il pittore gentile.
- Commons : Francesco Cozza - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Le vie degli artisti: residenze e botteghe nella Roma barocca dai registri di Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, 1650-1699 , by Laura Bartoni, Roma: Edizioni Nuova cultura, (2012), page 425.
- ↑ Laura Bartoni, page 424.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cozza, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1605 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stilo |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1682 |