Vincenzo Camuccini
Vincenzo Camuccini (born February 22, 1771 in Rome , † September 2, 1844 there ) was an Italian painter of classicism .
Life
Vincenzo Camuccini was a student of Domenico Corvi in his native Rome ; up to about the age of 30 he mainly copied older masters, e.g. B. Raphael's Entombment in 1789 by order of Lord Bristol . His first and probably most famous works of his own were The Death of Virginia and The Death of Caesar from 1798 (Naples, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte ). In the course of time, he mainly painted according to motifs from ancient Rome and church history . In 1802 Camuccini entered the Accademia di San Luca , whose princeps (president) he became four years later. From then on he found important sponsors who gave him public contracts: Pope Pius VII made him head of the Vatican mosaic factory in 1803 and had him restore a large part of it as "Inspector General of Roman Paintings" and also decorate the Quirinal Palace and St. Peter's Basilica . For Gregory XVI. He was allowed to rearrange the Vatican Pinacoteca after the King of the Two Sicilies, Francis I , wanted to bring him to Naples entirely because he had brought the National Gallery there to a new stand.
In 1820 Vincenzo Camuccini was accepted as a foreign member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts . In 1829 he was elected an honorary member ( Honorary NA ) of the National Academy of Design in New York . On August 28, 1830, Pope Pius VIII raised Camuccini to the rank of baron .
Towards the end of his life, Vincenzo Camuccini increasingly distinguished himself as a collector of Flemish and Dutch works. Much of his work and collection is on display in the Palazzo Camuccini Cesi in Cantalupo in Sabina , which was acquired and furnished by his son Giovanni.
literature
- Friedrich Noack : Camuccini, Vincenzo . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 5 : Brewer-Carlingen . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1911, p. 482-483 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ nationalacademy.org: Past Academicians "C" / Camuccini, Vincenzo Honorary 1829 ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2016 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 June 18, 2015)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Camuccini, Vincenzo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian neoclassical painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1771 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1844 |
| Place of death | Rome |