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Giuseppe Zocchi (; –1767) was an Italian painter and printmaker active in
Biblioteca enciclopedica italiana
Volume 14, by Nicolo Bettoni; Milan (1831); page 134.
Exhibition: ''Iconografia al tempo dei Riccardi''
at Palazzo Medici-Riccardi.
Internet Archive
* 1711 births 1767 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Italian printmakers Italian vedutisti 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub
Giuseppe Zocchi (; –1767) was an Italian painter and printmaker active in 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 ...
and best known for his vedute
A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''.
Origins
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of the city.
Biography
Born into a poor family, Zocchi began his training in his native Florence. The Marchese Andrea Gerini became his patron when he was very young, patronizing his further studies in Venice, Milan, Bologna, and Rome. The Marchese Andrea Gerini commissioned Zocchi to record all the famous Florentine landmarks, which he did in a series of drawings, now in New York's Pierpont Morgan Library. A number of engravers based their etchings on Zocchi's drawings into engravings, which were issued in two series in 1744. One series consists of 25vedute
A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''.
Origins
This genre ...
under the title ''Scelta XXIV vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese, e palazzi della citta di Firenze''; the other series consists of 50 vedute under the title ''Vedute delle ville e di altri luoghi della Toscana''. The latter was published by Giuseppe Allegrini and included engravings by Zocchi himself, as well as Johann Gottfried Seutter, Giuseppe Benedetti, Pietro Monaco, Joseph Wagner, Giuseppe Filosi, Marc'Antonio Corsi, Niccolò Mogalli, Philoté François Duflos, Michele Marieschi
Michele Marieschi or Michele Giovanni Marieschi, also Michiel (1696 - – 18 January 1744), also known as ''Michiel'', was an Italian painter and engraver. He is mainly known for his landscapes and cityscapes (''vedute''), or views, mostly ...
, Vincenzo Franceschini, Giuliano Giampiccoli, Johann Sebastian Müller, and Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Giovanni Battista (or Giambattista) Piranesi (; also known as simply Piranesi; 4 October 1720 – 9 November 1778) was an Italian Classical archaeologist, architect, and artist, famous for his etchings of Rome and of fictitious and atmospheric " ...
.
He also painted frescoes for the Villa Serristori outside Porta Niccolò. He painted frescoes depicting the ''Four Seasons'' in Palazzo Rinuccini. He also painted frescoes in the Gallery of the Gerini palace. He depicted in oil paintings the festivals held in Siena to celebrate the visit of Francis I Augustus. he was afflicted with the plague that ran through Siena and died upon returning to Florence.Volume 14, by Nicolo Bettoni; Milan (1831); page 134.
References
Exhibition: ''Iconografia al tempo dei Riccardi''
at Palazzo Medici-Riccardi.
External links
* Zocchi, Giuseppe, Vedute delle ville, e d'altri luoghi della Toscana, 1757Internet Archive
* 1711 births 1767 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Italian printmakers Italian vedutisti 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub