Dictionary of Artists

 

To meet the requirement of scholars, art dealers, collectors or simple amateurs of having a quick and effective tool at their disposal to satisfy the various exigencies connected with the world of art, first of all the in-depth analysis of the work of painters, sculptors, engravers, photographers, etc., the "Dictionary of artists" puts itself up as an annotated list of names, sometimes accompanied, if marked by an asterisk, by a biography and by some signature examples.

Each artist is matched with a series of index cards regarding the works registered in the Data Bank of the Matteucci Institute, which can be issued on request.

The biographies are taken from the Dizionario degli artisti edited by Cristina Bonagura, integral part of the work Pittori & pittura dell'Ottocento italiano (1996-1997), coordinated by Giuliano Matteucci with the cooperation of Paul Nicholls and realized by the Redazioni Grandi Opere of the "Istituto Geografico De Agostini", to whom the Matteucci Institute expresses its sincere thanks for authorizing the circulation of the texts on line.

 

Menitoni Cosimo*

MENITONI COSIMO
? 1785 ca. - Firenze 1844
Studente all'Accademia fiorentina dal 1799, ottenne vari premi e nel 1819 ebbe la committenza granducale per l'esecuzione di una tela con Giove che incorona Minerva. A quel tempo collaborava con G. Bezzuoli alla decorazione di Palazzo Giuntini a Firenze, dove affrescò un 'Allegoria della notte. Il nucleo di suoi disegni e acquerelli, conservati nel Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe degli Uffizi, lo indica come artista informato della cultura europea contemporanea e attento ai mutamenti figurativi, dal Neoclassicismo al Purismo.
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