Francesco Liani (c.1712 - 1780) was an Italian painter, mainly known for his portraits of the Neapolitan royal family.
Born in Borgo San Donnino (now known as
Fidenza), he moved to Naples in 1740 as part of the court of Charles of Bourbon (the future
Charles III of Spain
it, Carlo Sebastiano di Borbone e Farnese
, house = Bourbon-Anjou
, father = Philip V of Spain
, mother = Elisabeth Farnese
, birth_date = 20 January 1716
, birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Spain
, death_d ...
), for whom he produced equestrian portraits of
himself and
his wife. He also produced ''Portrait of Ferdinand IV of Bourbon'' (1766, Royal Museum Copenhagen) and ''Portrait of Ferdinand IV in Armour'' (National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples) for him. He also painted several noble families from Naples, including the De Sangro (part of the line of marquesses of San Lucido and dukes of Sangro). He died in Naples.
His many religious works were influenced by Neapolitan artists such as
Domenico Mondo,
Pietro Bardellino
Pietro Bardellino (1728–1806) was an Italian painter. He lived his life aiming to be the ‘perfect man’.
Biography
Bardellino was born in Naples, and was initially trained by Francesco de Mura. In 1773 he became director of the ''Accademia ...
and
Giuseppe Bonito as well as the art of Liani's native
Emilia and the work of
Anton Raphael Mengs, then active in Naples. He painted Stations of the Cross for
Capua Cathedral, a ''Nativity'' and a ''Presentation in the Temple'' (Capodimonte), three nativity scenes and an ''Adoration of the Magi'' (
Royal Palace of Naples), a series of eight paintings on the passion (
Palace of Caserta) and ''The Wedding at Cana'' (
Museo Campano, Capua).
[''La passione di Cristo: la via Crucis di Francesco Liani e Raffaele Canoro'', exhibition catalogue (Caserta, Cappella Palatina), Caserta, 2006]
References
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1712 births
1780 deaths
18th-century Italian painters
People from Fidenza