Pala dei Fornai, Chiesa di San Giuseppe (Brescia)

Francesco Savani (1723 – 4 May 1772) was an Italian quadratura painter of the Rococo period. He was born in Brescia, and active mainly there. When his father sent him to study letters and sciences at a Jesuit school, he entertained himself by drawing portraits of his teachers.[1] His first art training was with Brescian painter Angelo Paglia. He then studied with Francesco Monti, who had come from Bologna to paint in the Chiesa della Pace. Savani's style ultimately came to reflect that of Giambattista Pittoni. Savani's works at Coccaglio were admired by Tiepolo.[2] Savani died impoverished, said to have been brought to ruin by a prostitute.[3]

References

  1. ↑ La Caduta Della Repubblica di Venezia ed I Suoi Ultimi Cinquant Anni Studii, by Girolamo Dandolo; Publisher, Pietro Natarovich, Venice (1855); pages 175.
  2. ↑
    • Federico Nicoli Cristiani (1807). Della Vita delle pitture di Lattanzio Gambara; Memorie Storiche aggiuntevi brevi notizie intorno a' più celebri ed eccelenti pittori Bresciani. Spinelli e Valgiti, Brescia. pp. 185–186.
  3. ↑ G. Dandolo, page 176.


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