Vincenzo Meucci

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Vincenzo Meucci
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Born1694  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Baptised6 April 1694  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Died7 November 1766  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (aged 71–72)
Occupation Painter   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg


Fresco at Cappella Brancacci, Florence Cappella brancacci, cupola di vincenzo meucci2.JPG
Fresco at Cappella Brancacci, Florence
Fresco at San Lorenzo, Florence Glory of Florentine Saints on the dome in San Lorenzo (Florence).jpg
Fresco at San Lorenzo, Florence

Vincenzo Meucci (1694–1766) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque period. Born in Florence. He was a pupil first of the painter Sebastiano Galeotti, then of Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole in Bologna.

He was patronized by the Marchese Giovan Battista Salimbeni of Siena, as well as the cardinals Alessandro Chigi Zondadari and Neri Corsini. His masterpiece was a commission by Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, the last Medici resident of the Pitti Palace, who contracted him to fresco the cupola of the Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze with the Glory of Florentine Saints (1742).

Among his pupils are Tommaso Gherardini.

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