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Francesco Podesti (March 21, 1800 – February 10, 1895) was an Italian painter, active in a Romantic style. He was prolific in his large canvases on historical subjects. He is best known for his fresco work, including those in the Hall of the Immacolata in the Vatican Museum. ==Early years== Podesti was born in Ancona to a family of modest means; his father Joseph, was a tailor. He began studies of in Pavia. At twelve, his mother, Teresa, died; his father died three years later, leaving Podesti destitute.〔Giangiacomi Palermo, Ancona ''Guide'' in ''History of Ancona since its foundation till today'' Publishing Fogola, Ancona, 1923〕 His precocious talent gained him a stipend to study at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome; this was partly subsidized by the Marquis Bourbon del Monte Santa Maria as well as the city of Ancona. In Rome, he became a pupil of Gaspare Landi and Vincenzo Camuccini. The sculptor Canova served as a mentor and also helped him financially. In Rome, he also met Jacques-Louis David. Thankful for their stipend over the years, in 1824, he donated to the city of Ancona, two paintings of ''Eteocles'' and ''Polynices''. It also gained him commissions for two altarpieces in town: an ''Annunciation'' for the church of the Vergine Annunziata, and a ''Martyrdom of St. Lawrence'' (1825–1827) in Ancona Cathedral (destroyed during World War II and replaced by a copy). The Prince Torlonia purchased from him a large canvas of ''Tasso che legge la sua Gerusalemme alla Corte di Ferrara''. Podesti was to make variants of this painting also for the Prince Galitzin and count Paolo Tosi of Brescia.〔( ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.'' ), by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 380-383.〕 In 1826, then traveled through Italy. In Milan, by commission he painted a ''Raphael paints the Madonna of San Luca'' in his studio, with la Fornarina as a model, and monsignor Bembo and Bussolante in the studio. Also for the casa Busca, he frescoed casa the ''Myth of Psyche''.〔Gubernatis, page 381〕 He returned to Rome in 1835–1836 to paint frescoes for Prince Alessandro Torlonia commissioned a series of frescoes for Villa Torlonia. In the first-floor gallery, he painted ''I fasti denti Dei''; in the second floor, ''The myth of Diana''. When the palace was demolished during the restructuring of Piazza Venezia, some frescoes were salvaged.〔http://www.scudit.net/mdtorloniapalazzo.htm〕 In 1835 he was elected to the Academy of St Luke. He painted a seies of scenes of the Decameron, both original and copies, for patrons including the King of Naples, the Marchese Ala Ponzoni, and the sig. Giacomelli of Treviso.〔Gubernatis, page 381.〕 For the same marchese Ponzoni he painted ''Rape of Persephone'' and the ''Rape of Europa'': subjects also duplicated for marchese Antonio Busca. For a Milanese banker ''The Bath of Venus'' and ''The Judgement of Paris'' for an English patron. More copies were made by his pupils. For the Cathedral of Chiari he painted: ''Santi Faustino e Giovita''; for the Academy of Mexico: ''The Angel of Justice'', for King Carlo Alberto he competed the ''Judgement of Salomon''. For this painting, he was awarded the Cross of Civil Merit of Savoy. Podesti refused the offer of a professorship at the Albertina Royal Academy at Turin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francesco Podesti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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