Giovanni Francesco Marchini

Ceiling fresco in Weißenstein Castle

Giovanni Francesco Marchini (* around 1672 ; † 1745 , active 1712–1736) was a Baroque painter . He came from Como in Italy and is considered a master of baroque illusion painting . Some of his works have been preserved in central and southern Germany.

Works

Jakobskapelle in Wiesentheid , illusion painting of a collapsing ceiling (1712)
Crossen Castle , ballroom (1712)
Martinskirche (Bamberg) , dummy dome (1716)
Weißenstein Castle near Bamberg , Sala terrena (1711 to 1718)
Rheinschlösschen in Mainz , facade decoration (1721)
Chapel of the Rochusspital in Mainz
Mauritius Church in Wiesentheid, mock painting on the ceiling (1728 to 1730)
Bruchsal Castle , interior design through fresco paintings (1731 to 1736)
Hermitage in Waghäusel, dome fresco (around 1732, destroyed 1946)
Wiederau Castle , ballroom
Younger Dalberger Hof in Mainz, ceiling painting
Zeilitzheim Castle , Lower Franconia. Ballroom (around 1735)
Seligenstadt Monastery , summer refectory
Pilgrimage basilica St. Georg Walldürn, ceiling paintings and other paintings

literature

Elisabeth Trux: Giovanni Francesco Marchini and the northern Italian quadrature painting after Andrea Pozzo in Franconia in: Franconia. Journal for Franconian regional studies and cultural maintenance 51 (1999), pp. 271–280
Peter Seewaldt: Giovanni Francesco Marchini. His contribution to the monumental painting of the late baroque in Germany . Egelsbach 1984 (also dissertation University Mainz 1984)

Web links

Commons : Giovanni Francesco Marchini - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Literature by and about Giovanni Francesco Marchini in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Source for life data: GND 118730886 , accessed on August 22, 2020.
↑ Michael Matheus: Building blocks for the history of the city of Mainz: Mainz Colloquium 2000 . Geschichtliche Landeskunde, Franz Steiner Verlag, Volume 55, 2002, P. 151, ISBN 978-3-515-08176-4
↑ History of Zeilitzheim Castle
^ Ulrich Großmann: Mittel- und Südhessen = DuMont art travel guide, Cologne 1995. ISBN 3-7701-2957-1 , p. 225.

personal data
SURNAME	Marchini, Giovanni Francesco
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian Baroque painter
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1672
PLACE OF BIRTH	Como
DATE OF DEATH	1745

[1] Source for life data: GND 118730886 , accessed on August 22, 2020.

[2] Michael Matheus: Building blocks for the history of the city of Mainz: Mainz Colloquium 2000 . Geschichtliche Landeskunde, Franz Steiner Verlag, Volume 55, 2002, P. 151, ISBN 978-3-515-08176-4

[3] History of Zeilitzheim Castle

[4] Ulrich Großmann: Mittel- und Südhessen = DuMont art travel guide, Cologne 1995. ISBN 3-7701-2957-1 , p. 225.