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Francesco Manno

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Franceso Manno
Three Blessed Theatines", chapel of "Rucellai o Dei Beati, church Sant'Andrea della Valle, Rome
Born(1754-12-20)20 December 1754
Died18 June 1831(1831-06-18) (aged 76)
EducationVito d'Anna
Known forPainting, architecture

Francesco Manno (20 December 1754 – 18 June 1831) was an Italian painter and architect of the Neoclassical style.

Biography

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Born at Palermo, where he was originally a goldsmith, but later devoted himself to painting, working along his older brothers, the painters Antonio and Vincenzo Manno. In 1786 he moved to Rome, initially working under Pompeo Batoni. then in the studio of Francesco Preziado de la Vega.[1] Manno became the Secretary of the Accademia di San Luca. On 13 July 1794 he became a member of the Accademia dei Virtuosi del Pantheon. Favored by Pope Pius VI, Manno was appointed Painter of the Sacred Apostolic Buildings in 1800. He died in Rome in 1831.

Major works

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Notes

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  1. ^ Betti, Salvatore (1834). Emilio de Tipaldo (ed.). Biografia degli Italiani illustri nelle scienze: lettere ed arti del Secolo XVIII, e de'Contermporanei. Tipografia di Alvisopoli, Venice. p. 287.
  2. ^ it:Palazzo del Quirinale#La Sala degli Ambasciatori

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