Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri (17 December 1675 – 1742) was a
Florentine diplomat, painter, art collector, and biographer of artists.
Biography
Niccolò Gabburri was a prominent broker for artists and collectors in Florence during the first half of the 18th century. He befriended
Pierre-Jean Mariette
Pierre-Jean Mariette (; 7 May 1694 – 10 September 1774) was a collector of and dealer in old master prints, a renowned connoisseur, especially of prints and drawings, and a chronicler of the careers of French Italian and Flemish artists. He ...
and
Pierre Crozat. He painted various works in Rome, including the dome of
Santa Rita da Cascia alle Vergini. His collection of drawings and prints was bought by William Kent in 1758, and sold in London.
Short biography
British Museum.
He served as a diplomat to Granduke Cosimo Medici III. He was named a knight of the Tuscan Order of Saint Stephen
The Order of Saint Stephen (officially ''Sacro Militare Ordine di Santo Stefano Papa e Martire'', 'Holy Military Order of St. Stephen Pope and Martyr') is a Roman Catholic Tuscan dynastic military order founded in 1561. The order was created ...
, and prince of the Accademia della Crusca
The (; ), generally abbreviated as La Crusca, is a Florence-based society of scholars of Italian linguistics and philology. It is one of the most important research institutions of the Italian language, as well as the oldest Academy#Linguisti ...
and prefect of the Florentine Accademia delle Arti del Disegno
The Accademia delle Arti del Disegno ("Academy of the Arts of Drawing") is an academy of artists in Florence, in Italy. It was founded on 13 January 1563 by Cosimo I de' Medici, under the influence of Giorgio Vasari. It was initially known as ...
starting in 1730. In Florence, he resided and presided over the decoration of the Palazzo Vivarelli Colonna.
He wrote an unpublished ''Vite de' pittori'' relating mainly biographical details of Florentine artists.
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Vite Di Pittori
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1675 births
1742 deaths
Diplomats from Florence
Italian art historians