Liborio Coccetti (23 July 1739 – 18 March 1816) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born 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 ...

and died in Rome. His works were mainly in fresco and frequently for palaces of the nobility. He was active in Rome and worked for the administration of

Pope Pius VI Pope Pius VI ( it, Pio VI; born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, 25 December 171729 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to his death in August 1799. Pius VI condemned the French Revoluti ...

. He painted an altarpiece depicting ''Madonna and Child with SS Peter and Paul'' (1775) for the church of San Pietro Apostolo in Corvia, outside Foligno. He also frescoed a ''St Mark in Glory'' (ca. 1775) for the vault of San Marco, a church in Sant’Eraclio outside Foligno. He frescoed an ''Assumption of the Virgin'' in the chapel, as well as other an ''Allegory of Music'' (ca. 1780) in the Palazzo Benedetti di Montevecchio in

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; la, Spoletum) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome. History Spolet ...

. He also frescoed in the church of San Domenico and Palazzo Morelli (1773-1775) in Spoleto. In

Terni Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...

he painted a fresco depicting the ''Glory of the Trinity'' for the apse of the

Duomo ''Duomo'' (, ) is an Italian term for a church with the features of, or having been built to serve as, a cathedral, whether or not it currently plays this role. Monza Cathedral, for example, has never been a diocesan seat and is by definition not ...

of that city. He also painted mythologic frescoes in two rooms of the Palazzo Gazzoli. Coccetti painted an ''Assumption'' on the barrel vault of

Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini (Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins) is a Roman Catholic church located at Via Vittorio Veneto, 27, just north of the Piazza Barberini, in Rome, Italy. It was designed by architect Felice An ...

in Rome."Chiesa di Santa Maria della Concezione", Turismo Roma, Dipartimento Grandi Eventi, Sport, Turismo e Moda
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Gallery

File:Liborio Coccetti (attr.), L’Angelo custode e le sante Caterina e Agata, altare 01.jpg, Altar File:Liborio Coccetti (attr.), L’Angelo custode e le sante Caterina e Agata 01.jpg, ''The Guardian Angel and Saints Catherine and Agatha'' File:Spoleto, duomo, interno, cappella del sacramento, annunciazione di pietro labruzzi e liborio coccetti, 1790 ca.jpg, ''Spoleto, Chapel of the Sacrament, Annunciation'' by

Pietro Labruzzi Pietro Labruzzi (1739–1805) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period, active in Rome and Poland. He is best known for his altarpieces and portraits. He was born and died in Rome. Pietro was recruited as a painter for the court of ...

and Liborio Coccetti, c.1790 File:Ceiling of the "Assumption of Mary" in Santa Maria Immacolata a via Veneto (Roma).jpg, Ceiling of the "Assumption of Mary" in Santa Maria Immacolata a via Veneto, Rome

References

1739 births 1816 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Umbrian painters People from Foligno 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub