] Bernardino or Giovanni Bernardino Nocchi (May 8, 1741 – January 27, 1812) was an Italian painter, mainly of sacred and historic subjects.

Biography

He was born in

Lucca Città di Lucca ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the Serchio River, in a fertile plain near the Ligurian Sea. The city has a population of about 89,000, while its Province of Lucca, province has a population of 383,9 ...

and trained there under

Giuseppe Antonio Luchi Giuseppe Antonio Luchi, also known as il Diecimino, (July 17, 1709 – May 12, 1774) was an Italian painter. He was born in Diecimo, now within Borgo a Mozzano, in the now Province of Lucca. He initially trained under a doctor Azzi of Castelnuovo, ...

until 1767. By 1769, Nocchi and his contemporary Stefano Tofanelli had moved to

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, where they entered the studio of Niccolò Lapiccola. In 1780, he helped decorate the Apostolic palace and in 1785 the ''Stanza delle Stampe'' of the

Vatican Library The Vatican Apostolic Library (, ), more commonly known as the Vatican Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. It was formally established in 1475, alth ...

. In 1797, he painted the ''Transit of St Joseph'' for the church of San Secondo in

Gubbio Gubbio () is an Italian town and ''comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennine Mountains, Apennines. History Prehistory The ol ...

; in 1804, he completes the ''Death of St Anne'' for the

Basilica di San Frediano The Basilica of San Frediano is a Romanesque church in Lucca, Italy, situated on the ''Piazza San Frediano''. History Fridianus (Frediano) was an Irish bishop of Lucca in the first half of the 6th century. He had a church built on this spot, ...

Spoleto Spoleto (, also , , ; ) is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east-central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is south of Trevi, north of Terni, southeast of Perugia; southeast of Florence; and north of Rome. H ...

. Returning to Rome, Nocchi painted in 1799 a portrait of '' Prince Camillo Borghese''; in 1803, ''Glory of

Santa Pudenziana The Basilica of Santa Pudenziana (Spanish—Filipino: ''Santa Potenciana'') is the eldest Roman Catholic basilica built in the fourth century. The original shrine building dates back from the second century and is dedicated to Saint Pudentiana, ...

'' (for the church of the same name), ''San Novato'', and ''San Timoteo''. In 1807 he painted a portrait of ''

Pope Pius VII Pope Pius VII (; born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti; 14 August 1742 – 20 August 1823) was head of the Catholic Church from 14 March 1800 to his death in August 1823. He ruled the Papal States from June 1800 to 17 May 1809 and again ...

''. He also painted ''The Dancers'', ''Portrait of a Noble Lady'' and ''Portrait of the Venerable Marie

Clotilde of France Marie Clotilde of France (Marie Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière; 23 September 1759 – 7 March 1802), known as Clotilde in Italy, was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia. She was the younger sister of Louis XVI of Fra ...

, queen of Sardinia'' (1809). His son, Pietro Nocchi, was also a painter. Sacrum Luce: Arte Sacra nel Territorio Lucchese
. Entry on Bernardino Nocchi. Nocchi died in 1812 in Rome.

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1741 births 1812 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters Painters from Lucca Italian Baroque painters 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub