Annibale Angelini
Annibale Angelini (May 12, 1812 in Perugia – July 19, 1884) was an Italian painter and scenographer.
Biography
Angelini first trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Perugia; from here he moved to Florence, where he worked under Luigi Facchinelli, and focused on scenography after training under Alessandro Sanquirico. He also worked in Rome under Vincenzo Monotti and Tommaso Minardi, and attended the Accademia di San Luca.
For many years he was professor and honorary member of the
Baciccia in the cupola di Sant'Agnese in Agone; and frescoes by Raphael at the Chigi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo
.
He also frescoed several rooms of the Palaces
Duomo of Orvieto. In Orvieto he also provided scenography for the theater, working alongside Cesare Fracassini
. Working alongside V. Baldini, he also contributed scenography for theaters in Bologna, Perugia, Ancona, Rome, and Ferrara. He decorated the wooden coffered ceiling of the Summer Hall of the Government Congregation in the Pallazo dei Priori in Perugia, where his flair for fantasy is the highlight. He published a text on prospective (Trattato teorico-pratico di prospettiva, 2 volumes. Rome, 1861–62), which was helpful in practical decoration of architectural scenes. He also made copies of paintings and frescoes of Pierino del Vega in Genoa.
For the
References
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 18.
- ^ Entry in Enciclopedia Treccani by Francesco Santi.
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