Francesco Nenci

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Assunzione della Vergine (1823), Florence

Francesco Nenci (born April 10, 1781 in Anghiari , † March 4, 1850 in Siena ) was an Italian painter .

Life

His parents were Sigismondo Nenci and Maria Matassi, they worked as merchants. He received his training first from 1795 in Città di Castello with Tommaso Conca , then from 1797 in the Accademia di belle arti in Florence . Among other things, Pietro Benvenuti was his teacher here. From 1812 to 1813 he stayed in Rome. From 1816 he was a member of the Accademia di San Luca there . In 1827 he became director of the Accademia in Siena.

Works (selection)

  • Asciano , Museo Cassioli: Pittura senese dell'Ottocento, room 1: Sacra famiglia
  • Florence, Accademia delle Arti del Disegno : Edipo sciolto dai lacci da un pastore , created in 1817.
  • Florence, Palazzo Pitti : frescoes in the Sala di Ulisse (1833).
  • Florence, Villa Medici Poggio Imperiale , Cappella della Santissima Annunziata: Assunzione della Vergine (1823)
  • Siena, Palazzo Salimbeni , Sala del Palio: Passeggiata storica del Palio del 18 agosto 1833 , (also Il corteo storico delle contrade nel Campo di Siena in occasione del Palio corso per la venuta di Ferdinando III granduca di Toscana il 18 e il 19 agosto 1818 ), Created in 1849, 90 × 137 cm, oil on canvas.

literature

Web links

Commons : Francesco Nenci  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Marco Pierini: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani.
  2. Francesca Petrucci: Musei Senesi. Nuova Immagine Editrice, Siena 2007, ISBN 978-88-7145-255-5 , p. 166.
  3. Official website of the Monte dei Paschi ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on February 23, 2015 (in Italian, with dates and details of the painting). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mps.it