Francesco Nasini (

Piancastagnaio Piancastagnaio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about southeast of Siena. It is located on the Monte Amiata slopes. The main attractions include the ...

, either 1611 or 1621–

Castel del Piano Castel del Piano is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) of Province of Grosseto in the Tuscany, central Italy. History The area of Castel del Piano is known to have been inhabited in prehistoric times, but the town itself is mentioned for th ...

, 1695) was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, active mainly in towns outside of

Siena Siena ( , ; lat, Sena Iulia) is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...

, Italy. Francesco was the progenitor of a pedigree of painters. He had a brother, Antonio Annibale Nasini. Most famous of all the family was his son

Giuseppe Nicola Nasini Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (January 25, 1657– July 3, 1736) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome and Tuscany. Biography Born in Castel del Piano, now in the Province of Grosseto, Giuseppe was the son of the painter Frances ...

(1664-1736), who traveled to Rome and had widespread patronage. Francesco was also the father of

Antonio Nasini Francesco Nasini (Piancastagnaio, either 1611 or 1621– Castel del Piano, 1695) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in towns outside of Siena, Italy. Francesco was the progenitor of a pedigree of painters. He had a broth ...

(1631-1716), who like his father, was mainly active near Siena. Finally,

Apollonio Nasini Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (January 25, 1657– July 3, 1736) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Rome and Tuscany. Biography Born in Castel del Piano, now in the Province of Grosseto, Giuseppe was the son of the painter Franc ...

, son of Giuseppe, was also a painter of some distinction. Francesco was very prolific in the province of Siena. In an inventory of works of art in Siena, many works are listed by specific members of the family, or attributed to the family. For example, in the right chapel of the church of the Madonna del Rimedii, were frescoes, in poor condition, of Saints Cecilia, Agnese, Margherita, Barbara, Rocco, and Agustine (1700). In a chapel on the left, were frescoes of Saints Agatha, Lucia, Appollonia, Orsola, Anthony of Padua, and Gaetano (Cajetan). The ceiling had a ''Glory of St Anthony'' painted in 1694. In the suppressed church of St Mark linked to a suppressed monastery were frescoes of Saints John the Baptist and St Bernard Abbot, Saints Michael and Raphael Archangel, plus other frescoes in the chapels including an ''Annunciacion'', ''Visitation'', and frescoes of the Evangelists and the holy father, and Saints. In San Francesco presso

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, there was an altarpiece of the ''Crucifixion'' completed in 1664. Francesco also painted frescoes of the ''Last Supper'' in the refectory of the convent of the Carmine. ''Artistic Guide to Siena and Its Environs''
Second edition, Societa Editrice Fiorentina, (1908), page 59. He also painted an altarpiece for the church of San Pietro alla Magione

Works

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: Frescoes in chapel of Church of San Antonio di San Francesco.

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: Altarpiece of ''Madonna of Rosary and mysteries'', Basilica of San Giovanni Battista.

Arcidosso Arcidosso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region of Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about northeast of Grosseto and near the town of Montalcino. History The first certain documentation of ...

: Frescoes of Saints and Martyrs, Church of the Misericordia.

Castelnuovo Berardenga Castelnuovo Berardenga is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about east of Siena. Since 1932 it has been included in the Chianti wine-production area. The ...

: Holy Family, Church of Santi Giusto e Clemente.

Roccalbegna Roccalbegna is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Grosseto in the Italian region Tuscany, located about south of Florence and about east of Grosseto. History Roccalbegna was a fief of the Aldobrandeschi in the Middle Ages; later it ...

: Chiesa dei Santi Pietro e Paolo and Collection of the Oratorio del SS. Crocifisso. ** Madonna del Carmine with Saints Cristopher and Jacob ** Crucifixion, ''Ecce Homo'', and Christ Risen. ** Madonna with child. ** St Nicolas of Bari, St Anthony of Padua, and the child Jesus

: * Madonna of the Carmine y Ginanneschi, Church of Madonna delle Grazie. * Discovery of the True Cross, Church of SS. Sacramento. * Marriage of the Virgin (1664), Church of San Giuseppe.

Abbadia San Salvatore Abbadia San Salvatore is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about southeast of Florence and about southeast of Siena, in the area of Monte Amiata. The town is named after the Abbey of th ...

: * Martyrdom of St Bartholomew. * Life of the Virgin (1653-1659). * Legend of King Ratchis (1652-1653). * Nativity. * Frescoes in rectory with brother Antonio Annibale Nasini.

Gallery

Francesco e antonio nasini, cappella di s. antonio da padova, 03, 1680-1683.JPG, Frescos in

. AbbadiaSSNasini.jpg, ''Martyrdom of St Bartholemew, Abbey San Salvatore.

Notes

References

*Translated, in part, from French Wikipedia entry *

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nasini, Francesco 1695 deaths 17th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Siena Italian Baroque painters Year of birth uncertain Fresco painters