Francesco Vanni was an Italian painter of the Mannerist style, active in Rome and his native city of Siena.
Education
There he apprenticed with Giovanni de" Vecchi during 1579-1580, though like other Tuscan painters of his day, he was influenced in part by Federico Barocci from Urbino, and he was among the last painters who also reflected the influence of the Sienese School of painting.
Career
He was named a Cavalieri. In Rome, he worked later with Salimbeni, Bartolomeo Passerotti, and Andrea Lilio. He was commissioned by Pope Clement VIII to paint an altarpiece for the Saint Peter"s, later transferred to mosaic, Simon Magus rebuked by Saint Peter.
He painted several other pictures for Roman churches.
Including Street Michael defeats rebel angels for the sacristy of South. Gregorio. A Pietà for Santa Maria in Vallicella.
And the Assumption for San Lorenzo in Miranda. Returning to Siena, where he ultimately died, he afterwards worked at Parma, Bologna, and again at Rome.
At Siena, he painted a South. Raimondo walking on the Sea for the church of the Dominicans.
He painted an Immaculate Conception (1588) for the Montalcino Cathedral and an Annunciation (1589) for the church of Santa Maria dei Servi in Siena. He painted a "Crucifixion with Father Matteo Guerra" for San Giorgio. One of his pupils was Rutilio Manetti.
Among his pupils was Astolfo Petrazzi.
The painter from Perugia, Benedetto Bandieri, claimed to be a descendant of Vanni. The painter Francesco di Vanni was active in the 14th century.
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