Domenico Falcini (Siena, 8 May 1575-c.1632) was an Italian
Renaissance
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painter and engraver.
[Misiti, María Cristina]
«Falcini, Domenico»
en ''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'', vol. 44 (1994). Trecanni.it.
Not much is known about Falcini's life except through his works. He primarily painted religious-themed works for church commissions.
One work based on an engraving by Falcini ''The Judgement of Christ, with Nineteen Shields'' (copy in
Uffizi,
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
) is part of the National Inventory of Continental European Paintings collection.
It is documented that Falcini applied to the grand-ducal administration in Florence for the privilege of engraving a new single sheet version (the original was three sheets) in 1618.
"Domenico Falcini"
Page 206, Copyright in the Renaissance: Prints and the Privilegio in Sixteenth-Century Venice and Rome, Volume 100 of Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Author: Christopher L. C. E. Witcombe, Publisher: BRILL, 2004, , 9789004137486
Gallery
File:Anonimo-cristo ante pilatos-bowes museum.jpg
File:Descrizione del Sacro Monte della Vernia (Description of the Sacred Mount Alverno) MET 032.1r2 54K.jpg
File:Descrizione del Sacro Monte della Vernia (Description of the Sacred Mount Alverno) MET DP325222.jpg
File:The dead Christ is taken down from the cross. Line engraving Wellcome V0034790.jpg
References
* Eckhard Leushner, 'The Printing Privilege in Tuscany: Falcini, the Florimis and Callot', Print Quarterly, September 2008, No. 3, Vol. XXV, pp. 243–254.
1575 births
1632 deaths
Italian Renaissance painters
Italian engravers
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