Agostino Masucci (; 29 August 1690– 19 October 1758) was an Italian painter of the late-

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period.

Biography

Born in Rome, he initially apprenticed with Andrea Procaccino, and then became a member of the studio of

Carlo Maratta Carlo Maratta or Maratti (18 May 162515 December 1713) was an Italian Baroque painter and Drawing, draughtsman, active principallly in Rome where he was the leading painter in the second half of the 17th century. He was a fresco and canvas painte ...

. He joined the

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in 1724, and from 1736 to 1738, he was director or ''Principe''. Masucci worked for the

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, and also obtained commissions from

John V of Portugal ''Dom (title), Dom'' John V (; 22 October 1689 – 31 July 1750), known as the Magnanimous (''o Magnânimo'') and the Portuguese Sun King (''o Rei-Sol Português''), was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. His reig ...

due to his friendship with

Filippo Juvarra Filippo Juvarra (7 March 1678 – 31 January 1736) was an Italian architect, scenographer, engraver and goldsmith. He was active in a late-Baroque architecture style, working primarily in Italy, Spain, and Portugal. Biography Juvarra was born ...

and Luigi Vanvitelli. For example, for the latter he painted the main altarpiece of the Cathedral of Évora. Masucci also made the models for the three main mosaic panels in the Chapel of St.

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, designed by Luigi Vanvitelli (along with

Nicola Salvi Nicola Salvi or Niccolò Salvi (6 August 1697 (Rome) – 8 February 1751 (Rome)) was an Italian architect; among his few projects completed is the famous Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy. Biography Admitted to the Roman Academy of Arcadia in 1717 ...

) for King

. It was built in Rome starting in 1742, disassembled in 1747, and shipped to Lisbon, where it was reassembled in the Church of St. Roch (

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). It was completed in 1750, although the mosaics in it were not finished until 1752. Built of many precious marbles and other costly stones, as well as gilt bronze, it was held to be the most expensive chapel in Europe up to that time. For the Royal house of Savoy, he painted a series of historical canvases along with Giambattista Pittoni,

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, and Francesco Monti. Most of the works he completed, however, were in churches in Rome, including ovals in

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, and works in San Francesco di Paola,

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, Santissimo Nome di Maria in Via Latina and

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. He painted the ''Madonna with the Seven Founders of the Servite Order'' ( found in the Art Institute of Chicago. His academicism and grand-manner painting span styles from Baroque to incipient

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. He was a tutor to

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Johann Zoffany Johan / Johann Joseph Zoffany (born Johannes Josephus Zaufallij; 13 March 1733 – 11 November 1810) was a German neoclassical painter who was active mainly in England, Italy, and India. His works appear in many prominent British collections ...

, and

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. Gavin Hamilton biography
He may have mentored

Pompeo Batoni Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (25 January 1708 – 4 February 1787) was an Italian painter who displayed a solid technical knowledge in his portrait work and in his numerous Allegory, allegorical and mythological pictures. The high number of foreign vis ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Masucci, Agostino 1690s births Year of birth uncertain 1758 deaths Italian male painters 18th-century Italian painters Painters from Rome Italian Baroque painters Pupils of Carlo Maratta 18th-century Italian male artists

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