Francesco Panini
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Francesco Panini or Pannini (Rome, 1745 - 1812),[1][2] was an architecture and landscape painter, draughtsman and publisher of prints from the 18th and early 19th century living in Rome, capital of the Papal States, present-day Italy.
Biography
Early life and family
Francesco Panini was one of two sons of Giovanni Paolo Panini, a famed 18th century Italian vedute painter and architect in Rome.[3]
His brother Giuseppe Pannini was an architect and archaeologist (Rome, 1720-1812),[2][4] who completed, in 1762, the construction of the Trevi Fountain.[5] Both brothers worked together at different stages of their careers as some of Francesco's drawings attest.
Career
Francesco Panini collaborated with a number of well regarded engravers in late 18th century Rome.
Around 1770 he created a series of hand-coloured views of the St.-Peter's Basilica in the Vatican in Rome.
He then worked with Giovanni Volpato, a highly talented engraver from the Republic of Venice, who published, between 1772 and 1776, a large series of plates after the frescoes of the Raphael Rooms and the Loggias at the Vatican, which gained him a considerable reputation. Some of these plates[6] were subsequently hand-coloured by Francesco Panini and, while they did not necessarily reproduce the actual design or subjects of the Loggias' vaults and pilasters, they became much in demand among visitors to Rome.
Volpato made an impressive panorama of Rome based on Francesco Panini's drawings, part of the Rijksmuseum collection. Continuing in his father's tradition of drawing Roman vistas, Francesco produced several topographical engravings of Roman sights which were often coloured by hand afterwards.
He also made sometimes larger format oil paintings with subjects such as: the "Adorazione dei Magi", "The Temple Ruin of Vesta with figures", "Rome, Architectural Capriccio with figures", "A Capriccio of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli", "Classical Figures in the Ruins of a Public Building", "The Rapt of Helena by Paris", "A Capriccio of Roman Ruins with Soldiers and Women".
For commercial reasons, Francesco copied some of his father's sought-after paintings.
Work
- The Städel Museum in Frankfurt [7] as well as the Royal Collection in England[8] have a set of views of St.-Peter's Basilica in Rome, by Francesco Panini, in their collections.
- The Rodolfo Lanciani Collection in Bergamo, Italy, holds an impressive number of original sketches and plain or coloured prints by Francesco Panini, as well as some prints by Giuseppe Pannini, his brother. [9]
References
- ↑ "Explore the Royal Collection Online". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Pannini, Giovanni Paolo nell'Enciclopedia Treccani". www.treccani.it (in italiano). Retrieved 2023-04-25.
Translated: Of his sons, Giuseppe (Rome 1720 - 1812), was architect and archaeologist, Francesco (Rome 1725 circa - there after 1794), collaborator of his father, was the author of views for engravings.
- ↑ Bryan, Michael; Williamson, George Charles (1903–1905). Bryan's dictionary of painters and engravers. Vol. IV: N-R. New York Public Library (new revised and enlarged ed.). London: New York : Macmillan. pp. 64–65.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date format (link) - ↑ "PANNINI, Gian paolo in "Enciclopedia Italiana"". www.treccani.it (in italiano). Retrieved 2023-04-25.
Translated: In 1724 he had married Miss Gossert, sister-in-law of Wengkels, director of the French Academy, with whom he had two sons: Giuseppe the architect and Francesco the painter, who followed in his father's footsteps and manners.
- ↑ "Trevi Fountain | fountain, Rome, Italy | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ "Loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano | Musées d'art et d'histoire de Genève". Musée d’art et d’histoire de la Ville de Genève (in français). Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ "Francesco Pannini". Digital Collection Städel Museum. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ "Explore the Royal Collection Online : search for Francesco Panini and Pannini". www.rct.uk. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ↑ University of Stanford. "Images of Rome: The Rodolfo Lanciani Digital Archive". Stanford Libraries. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
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