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Jacopo Alessandro Calvi (23 February 1740 – 15 May 1815) was an Italian painter and art critic who painted sacred and historical subjects in a late-
Guida del forestiere per la città di Bologna e suoi sobborghi
By Girolamo Bianconi, page 516-517. He died in Bologna.
Jacopo Alessandro Calvi (23 February 1740 – 15 May 1815) was an Italian painter and art critic who painted sacred and historical subjects in a late-Baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
style.
Biography
He was born inBologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its M ...
. He became deaf at the age of eight years, and due to his short stature, he was nicknamed ''il Sordino''. He trained with Giuseppe Varotti
Giuseppe Varotti (Bologna, 1715- Bologna, 1780) was an Italian painter, active depicting sacred and historical subjects in a late-Baroque or Rococo style.
Biography
He trained with his father, Pier Paolo Varotti (1686-1732), a follower of Giusep ...
and later with Giampietro Cavazzoni Zanotti, from whom he also learned poetry. Among Calvi's writing are:
*Verses and Prose in quarto about a series of paintings owned by the Marquis Filippo Hercolani. Bologna 1780.
*''La Certosa di Bologna descritta nelle sue pitture''. Bologna 1793 by Luigi Crespi
Luigi Crespi (January 23, 1708 – July 2, 1779) was an Italian painter, and art merchant and historian. He was the son of the prominent Bolognese painter, Giuseppe Maria Crespi.
Biography
He trained with his father and completed a few altarpie ...
in 1772; with notes and corrections by Calvi.
*''Notizie della vita e delle opere del Cav. Gian Francesco Barbieri, detto il Guercino
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (February 8, 1591 – December 22, 1666),Miller, 1964 better known as (il) Guercino (), was an Italian Baroque painter and draftsman from Cento in the Emilia region, who was active in Rome and Bologna. The vigorous n ...
da Cento''. Bologna 1808.
*''Memorie della vita e delle opere di Francesco Raibolini
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Francesco Francia, whose real name was Francesco Raibolini (1447 – 5 January 1517) was an Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist from Bologna, who was also director of the city mint.Levinson:492
He may have trained with Marco Zop ...
, detto il Francia''. Bologna 1812.
Calvi painted in the cloister of the church of San Michele in Bosco
San Michele in Bosco is a religious complex in Bologna, central Italy, including the church with the same name and the annexed Olivetan monastery. The buildings of the monastery were acquired in 1955 by the municipality of Bologna, to house an ...
and the Church of Sant'Agostino, Ferrara. Anna Mignani was one of his pupils.By Girolamo Bianconi, page 516-517. He died in Bologna.
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