Francesco Mancini (1679–1758)
Francesco Mancini ( * April 24, 1679 in Sant'Angelo in Vado (PU ); † August 1758 in Rome) was an Italian painter. He received his training in Bologna at Carlo Cignani, and his artistic expression rooted in the classical tradition of Bologna and the Emilia Romagna region.
His artistic importance is measured by both the number of orders received as well as to his vocations: it was in 1732 Academician in France, in 1743 and 1745 he was on the Board, which was founded in 1542 Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Literature ( Pontifical Insignia Accademia de Belle Arte e dei Virtuosi al Pantheon Lettre ), 1750/51 Head of the Accademia di San Luca. Mancini has created almost exclusively religious works and was in the Papal States (Rome and provinces) operates. With his works, he made a significant contribution to the development of the form and iconography of the altarpiece.
Among his contemporaries Mancini took a unique position. He developed in his paintings a very individual form language, which can be referred to as synthesis of baroque elements and those of the Rococo. It is also defined as a simple and casual style of painting as well as flowing, vibrant color matter. His students included, for example, Giovanni Andrea Lazzarini, Nicola Lapiccola and Domenico Corvi, in their neo-classical works at the end of the century lives on the stylistic influence of the Master.
Works
About the artwork Mancini include frescoes for the redesign of the Cathedral of Foligno, which had been damaged by an earthquake in 1703.
Some of his paintings:
- Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Pinacoteca of the Vatican, Hall XV, inventory no. Originally brought 40398th with Carlo Maratta in conjunction, the painting was correctly attributed Mancini after his exhibition in the Vatican Pinacoteca in 1932.
- Fight between Cupid and Pan, Pinacoteca of the Vatican, Hall XV, inventory no. 40748th
- La Castità punisce Amore, German, mutatis mutandis: chastity suggests love, Palazzo del Quirinale Rome, prima sala di reppresentanza (3).
Pope Clement XIV in 1772 acquired three paintings by Francesco Mancini.