Francesco Trevisani
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Francesco Trevisani (April 9, 1656 - July 30, 1746) was an Italian painter, active in the period called either early Rococo or late Baroque (barochetto)
[edit] Biography
Born in Capodistria (modern Koper, then part of the Republic of Venice), he studied in Venice under Antonio Zanchi. He moved to Rome, where he remained until his death, in 1678.
In Rome, he was supported by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni. He was strongly influenced by Carlo Maratta, as it is manifest in his masterpiece, the frescoes in San Silvestro in Capite (1695-1696). In this commission, he worked alongside Giuseppe Chiari and Ludovico Gimignani.
He also shows Maratta's influence in the cartoons for baptismal chapel in St. Peter's Basilica, in the oval with Prophet Baruch in San Giovanni in Laterano, and in the Death of St. Joseph in Sant'Ignazio. Trevisani painted scense from the Life of the Blessed Lucy of Narni in the church of Narni (1714-15).
He became a member of the Academy of Arcadia in 1712.
Trevisani died in Rome in 1746.
[edit] References
- Di Federico, F.R. (1977). Francesco Trevisani: Eighteenth-Century Painter in Rome.
- Review of Francesco Trevisani: Eighteenth-Century Painter in Rome by Francis H. Dowley
The Art Bulletin (1979) p146-151.
