Francesco Morelli (ca. 1767 – ca. 1830) was a French-Italian painter and
engraver. He was active in
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
and known as a painter or engraver of
Pompeian subjects.
He was born in the
Franche-Comté, and then traveled to Rome. He completed a series of engravings depicting the so-called
Villa of Horace in
Licenza with
Hackert and
Luigi Sabatelli.
Raccolta di no. 10 vedute rappresentanti la villa d'Orazio
Another Francesco Morelli from Florence was the first and dear mentor of Giovanni Baglione
Giovanni Baglione (1566 – 30 December 1643) was an Italian Late Mannerist and Early Baroque painter and art historian. He is best remembered for his acrimonious and damaging involvement with the slightly younger artist Caravaggio and ...
.
References
Year of death missing
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian engravers
Neo-Pompeian painters
Painters from Naples
French painters
Year of birth uncertain
1760s births
19th-century Italian male artists
18th-century Italian male artists
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