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Francesco Manno (20 December 1754 – 18 June 1831) was an Italian painter and architect of the
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Biography

Born at
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, where he was originally a
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, but later devoted himself to painting, working along his older brothers, the painters
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and Vincenzo Manno. In 1786 he moved to Rome, initially working under
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 ...
. then in the studio of
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. Manno became the Secretary of the
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. On 13 July 1794 he became a member of the Accademia dei Virtuosi del Pantheon. Favored by
Pope Pius VI Pope Pius VI (; born Count Angelo Onofrio Melchiorre Natale Giovanni Antonio called Giovanni Angelo or Giannangelo Braschi, 25 December 171729 August 1799) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 February 1775 to hi ...
, Manno was appointed Painter of the Sacred Apostolic Buildings in 1800. He died in Rome in 1831.


Major works

* Santi Apostoli: painting of ''"Descent of the Cross"'' * Palazzo Altieri (1793): overdoor panels *
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(1808): paintings celebrating the ''"Canonization of Saint Francis Caracciolo"'' and on decorations in the Chapel of Alaleona Ruspoli. *
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(1812–1823): ceiling fresco in the Sala degli Ambasciatori (1822-3), depicting the Judgement of Solomon, with two flanking allegorical tondi. :it:Palazzo del Quirinale#La Sala degli Ambasciatori *
Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi ("Saints Vincent and Anastasius at Trevi (rione of Rome), Trevi") is a Italian Baroque, Baroque church in Rome, the capital of Italy. Built from 1646 to 1650 to the design of architect Martino Longhi the Younger ...
(1818): frescoes of the church vault. * Palazzo Arcivescovile,
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(1830): frescoes of some rooms.


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References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Manno, Francesco Painters from Palermo 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 19th-century Italian painters 1754 births 1831 deaths Architects from Palermo 19th-century Italian male artists 18th-century Italian male artists Kingdom of Sicily people