Pietro Nelli
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Pietro Antonio Nelli (29 June 1672, Massa – 1740, Rome) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period. He created religious works, portraits, and landscapes.
Life and work
He went to Rome at an early age. There, he was a pupil of Giovanni Maria Morandi, who also became a friend and supporter. He may have lived with him until 1717, when he died.
Pope
His religious works include an altarpiece for the Civita Castellana Cathedral and canvases for the church of Sant'Onofrio, Rome. In the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, he painted a panel depicting Jesus. He also decorated several parts of the church of San Lorenzo in Piscibus, but some are now missing.
He was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon. His best-known student was Francesco Zuccarelli. His sister, Maura, was apparently a poet, although little is known of her.
Sources
- Francesco Petrucci, Pittura di Ritratto a Roma. Il Settecento, Andreina & Valneo Budai Editori, 2010 ISBN 978-88-904944-0-6
- Fabrizio Scheggi, "Furono protagonisti", biografie di personaggi storici nel Mugello, Borgo San Lorenzo, 2019 ISBN 979-1-220-04615-2
- Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. pp. 205–206.
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