Francesco Zugno

Francesco Zugno (c. 1708–1787) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period. He was born in Brescia. Among his masterworks is a series of wall frescoes of figures in quadratura balconies, works that were part genre, part courtly conceit. He was strongly influenced by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and his works. He was a founding academic at the Accademia of Venice. Francesco Zugno had collaborated with Tiepolo in the frescoes for Palazzo Labia. He later completed a fresco cycle for the Villa Soderini-Berti, in Nervesa near Treviso. ^[1] Zugno painted the oil canvas Young Couple Playing Cards displayed in the Blanton Art Museum in Austin, Texas.

The Continence of Scipio (c. 1750). (Museu de Arte de São Paulo, São Paulo.

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• Artcyclopedia entry.