Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727 - 14 December 1785) was an Italian painter and carver who lived in England from 1755. He is also called Giuseppe Cipriani by several authors. Much of his work consists of designs for prints, many of which were carved by his friend Francesco Bartolozzi.
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Life
Cipriani was born in Florence. His family came from Pistoia. He first studied with Ignatius Hugford, a Florentine artist of British descent, and then under Anton Domenico Gabbiani. He spent the years 1750-53 in Rome, where he became acquainted with the architect, Sir William Chambers, and the sculptor Joseph Wilton whom he accompanied to England in August 1755.
He has painted two pictures, a St Steso and St Peter Igneo for the San Michele monastery in Pelago, Pistoia, which has earned him a good reputation. He also painted one of the canvas from the organ of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi church in Florence and the main altar of the GesÃÆ'¹ Pellegrino Oratory church outside Porta San Gallo.
On his arrival to England, he was protected by Lord Tilney, Duke of Richmond and other nobles. When William Chambers designed Albany in London for Lord Holland, Cipriani painted the ceiling. He also painted a part of the ceiling at Buckingham House, and a room with poetic subjects at Standlynch in Wiltshire.
In Somerset House, also built by his friend Chambers, he prepared decorations for the inside of the northern block, including rooms where Royal Academy moved in 1750, which now houses the Courtauld Gallery. The ante central panel of the Royal Academy rooms is painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds but the four compartments in the coves, representing Allegory, Fable, Nature and History, belong to Cipriani. In the same building he also painted a monochrome decor in the ante-room with Royal and Antiquarian Societies.
According to Joseph Baretti in his book
Cipriani was a founding member (1768) of the Royal Academy, and designed the diploma, which was carved by Francesco Bartolozzi. In recognition of his services in this regard the members presented a silver trophy with a memorial inscription in 1769. He was employed by many publishers, for whom he made drawings of pen and ink, sometimes colored. His friend Bartolozzi carved most of them. Capriani made several carvings, including "The Death of Cleopatra," after Benvenuto Cellini; "The Descent of the Holy Ghost," after Gabbiani; and portraits for the memoir of Thomas Hollis, 1780. He painted allegorical designs for Gold State Coach and Lord Mayor's Gold Coach, built in 1762 and 1757 respectively in 1782, and refined Verrio's paintings on the Windsor and Rubens ceilings at Banqueting House in Whitehall.
She also decorates furniture. He designed many groups, from fairies and amorini and medal subjects to form the center of Pergolesi jewelry bands, and they were constantly reproduced on elegant satin-wood furniture that grew popular later in the day and at the end of the 18th century. get angry. These designs are sometimes inlaid with marquetry, but more often painted onto wood by other hands. Some furniture designed by Adams may be painted by Cipriani himself. He also sometimes designed handles for drawers and doors.
Cipriani died at Hammersmith in west London, and was buried in Dovehouse Green, Chelsea, where Bartolozzi founded a monument to his memory. He had married an Englishwoman, with whom he had two sons.
Among his disciples was John Alexander Gresse (1741-1794); Charles Grignion the Younger (1754-1804); and Mauritius Lowe (1746-1793).
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References
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from publications now in the public domain: Ã, Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cipriani, Giovanni Battista". EncyclopÃÆ'Â|dia Britannica . 6 (issue 11). Cambridge University Press. pp.Ã, 379-380.
- Ã, Fagan, Louis Alexander (1887). "Cipriani, Giovanni Battista". In Stephen, Leslie. Biography Dictionary . 10 . London: Smith, Elder & amp; Co.
External links
- 12 Painting (s) by or after Giovanni Battista Cipriani on Art UK site
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