Francesco Manno

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Francesco Manno (born December 20, 1754 in Palermo , † June 18, 1831 in Rome ) was an Italian painter and architect of classicism in Sicily and Rome.

Life

Paintings in Sant'Andrea della Valle (Rome)

Francesco Manno first trained with a goldsmith. He then moved to Vito d'Anna's workshop for a short time . After his death in 1769 he joined the family business of his brothers Antonio , Vincenzo (1760–1821) and Giuseppe , which developed into one of the leading art workshops in Palermo of the late 18th century. In 1786 he went to Rome to study with Conca pupil and art writer Francesco Preziado della Vega . Through the mediation of Cardinal Maffei, Manno came to the famous school of Pompeo Batoni , through which he continued to develop artistically.

On June 5, 1786, he received first prize from the Accademia di San Luca for his painting " Cloelia crosses the Tiber" , of which he became a member on January 19, 1806. On August 10, 1794 he was admitted to the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature in Rome, and in 1808, 1814 and 1821 he was its regent.

Manno was one of the favorite painters of the incumbent Pope Pius VI. (1775–1799), through whose recommendation he painted frescoes and panels in churches and palaces . In 1830 the elderly artist returned to Sicily, where his last work was frescoes in the archbishopric palace of Monreale . He died in Rome in 1831.

Works

  • Santi XII Apostoli (Rome): panel painting Descent from the Cross
  • San Lorenzo in Lucina (Rome): Canonization of Francesco Caracciolo and the decoration of the chapel by Alaleone Ruspali (1808)
  • Palazzo Altieri (Rome): Supraport (1793)
  • Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi (Rome): vault frescoes (1818)
  • Quirinal Palace (Rome): ceiling frescoes with the judgment of Solomon and two allegorical tondi in the Sala degli Ambasciatori (1822–1823)
  • Palazzo Arcivescovile (Monreale): frescoes in different rooms (1830)

literature

  • Michael Bryan: Manno, Francesco. In: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. Biographical and Critical. Volume 2: L - Z. New edition, revised and enlarged, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Walter Armstrong. Bell, London 1889, p. 101 (English, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Manno, Francesco . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 25 .
  • Carlo Cresti, Claudio Rendina: The Roman villas and palaces. Könemann, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-8290-1347-7 , p. 314 ff .: Palazzo Altieri.
  • Manno. In: The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2002.
  • Herbert Rosendorfer : Church leader Rome. 2nd, improved edition. Edition Leipzig, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-361-00485-3 .
  • Rosella Carloni: Manno, Francesco . In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani . tape 69 : Mangiabotti – Marconi. . Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2007 (Italian, treccani.it ).

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personal data
SURNAME Manno, Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and architect of classicism
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1754
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1831
Place of death Rome