Vincenzo Meucci (1694–1766) was an Italian painter of the late-

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period. Born in

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. He was a pupil first of the painter

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, then of

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. He was patronized by the Marchese Giovan Battista Salimbeni of

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, as well as the cardinals Alessandro

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Zondadari and Neri

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. His masterpiece was a commission by

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, the last Medici resident of the

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, who contracted him to fresco the cupola of the

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with the ''Glory of Florentine Saints'' (1742). Among his pupils are Tommaso Gherardini.

Selected works

*Frescoes for Chapel of San Mauro,

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, Florence (1717) *''Madonna del Rosario'', Santa Lucia alla Castellina,

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(1731) *Frescoes for ceiling at the entrance of Ospedale di San Giovanni di Dio, Florence(1735) *Frescoes for Palazzo Panciatichi, Florence (c. 1741) *''Marriage of Virgin'' San Paolino, Florence *Altarpiece for church of

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*Ascension of Christ, frescoed on nave ceiling of

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, Florence

References

* *Drawing's from Lille. Florence, Palazzo Pitti, Review author Luisa Vertova *The Burlington Magazine (1992) p 141–2. 1694 births 1766 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Florence Italian Baroque painters 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-17thC-stub