Giuseppe Nicola Nasini (January 25, 1657– July 3, 1736) 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 in Rome and Tuscany.
Biography
Born in
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 ...
, now in the
Province of Grosseto
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Geography
The Province of Gros ...
, Giuseppe was the son of the painter
Francesco Nasini and was one of the Tuscan pupils in the Medici-patronized Grand-Ducal Academy for the Arts located in Rome and directed from 1673–86, by
Ciro Ferri
Ciro Ferri (1634 – 13 September 1689) was an Italian Baroque sculptor and painter, the chief pupil and successor of Pietro da Cortona.
He was born in Rome, where he began working under Cortona and with a team of artists in the extensive fresc ...
.
He was also sponsored in Rome by Agostino Chigi. From 1679 to 1680, Nasini completed over a dozen portraits of Chigi's family; some are copies of paintings by
and
Alessandro Mattia da Farnese.
On October 15, 1680, his paintings of the ''Judgement of Solomon'' and ''Elias meets a child and widow'' was awarded second prize for design in the first class of painting at the Accademia di San Luca contest. In July 1681, he completed a ''St Peter of Alcantara'' for the church in the
Villa Medicea L'Ambrogiana, near Montelupo Fiorentino
Nasini returned to
Florence
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by 1685. During the reign of
Cosimo III de' Medici
Cosimo III de' Medici (14 August 1642 – 31 October 1723) was Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1670 until his death in 1723, the sixth and penultimate from the House of Medici. He reigned from 1670 to 1723, and was the elder son of Grand Duke Ferdinan ...
, Nasini and
Giuseppe Tonelli were commissioned to fresco an ''Allegory of the moral and religious virtues of the Medici'' for the ceiling of the gallery of the
Uffizi
The Uffizi Gallery (; it, Galleria degli Uffizi, italic=no, ) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums ...
that overlooks the river Arno.
In 1691, he completed frescoes for the Compagnia di San Luca (painter's guild) in the church of
Carmine
Carmine ()also called cochineal (when it is extracted from the cochineal insect), cochineal extract, crimson lake, or carmine lake is a pigment of a bright-red color obtained from the aluminium complex derived from carminic acid. Specific code n ...
in Florence, and two ceilings in the
Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
The Palazzo Medici, also called the Palazzo Medici Riccardi after the later family that acquired and expanded it, is a Renaissance palace located in Florence, Italy. It is the seat of the Metropolitan City of Florence and a museum.
Overview
T ...
depicting ''Jove unleashes thunderbolts'' and ''Hercules and Giants''. He also frescoes for the Landi Chapel in the church of the Carmine. He painted a fresco of the ''Allegory of Reason'' (1694) for the palazzo Tolomei-Biffi in Florence.
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In 1720, he returned to Rome, where he painted in the church of the
Santi Apostoli, the
Quirinal Palace
The Quirinal Palace ( it, Palazzo del Quirinale ) is a historic building in Rome, Italy, one of the three current official residences of the president of the Italian Republic, together with Villa Rosebery in Naples and the Tenuta di Castelporzian ...
, and one of the nave paintings in
San Giovanni in Laterano
The Archbasilica Cathedral of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist in the Lateran ( it, Arcibasilica del Santissimo Salvatore e dei Santi Giovanni Battista ed Evangelista in Laterano), also known as the Papa ...
. In
Foligno
Foligno (; Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is located so ...
, he painted a ''San Leonardo'' for the church of the Madonna del Pianto. For the Chapel of the Madonna inside the church of
Santa Maria della Scala
Santa Maria della Scala (English: Mary of the Staircase) is a titular church in Rome, Italy, located in the Trastevere rione. Cardinal Ernest Simoni took possession of the titular church on 11 February 2017. Santa Maria della Scala is a titular ...
of
Siena
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The city is historically linked to commercial and banking activities, having been a major banking center until the 13th and 14th centuri ...
, he painted, along with his son Apollonio, a series of paintings consisting of large canvases portraying scenes from the life of the Virgin, including: the ''Birth of the Virgin'', the ''Presentation in the Temple'', and the ''Flight into Egypt'', as well as frescoes depicting the ''Coronation of the Virgin'' and the ''Virgin crowned by the Trinity with angels upholding instruments of the Passion''. Giuseppe's brother,
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 brother ...
and son
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 ...
were also painters.
Appollonio and his father helped fresco the ceiling of the small oratory of
San Gaetano di Thiene, Siena
The narrow church or oratory of San Gaetano di Thiene is found in the middle of via dei Pispini in Siena, Italy.
This oratory of the aristocratic Contrada del Nicchio (Sea-shell) was built from 1683-1700. The simple façade sports a large stucco ...
.
He died in
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 ...
, aged 79.
References
*
*’’Some Works by Florentine Cortoneschi: Gabbiani and Nasini’’, Bruce Davis. Burlington Magazine (1983) pages 685-6+688-9+693.
Santa Maria della Scala site.
External links
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1657 births
1736 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Painters from Siena
Italian Baroque painters
Fresco painters
18th-century Italian male artists