Agostino Masucci

Agostino Masucci

Agostino Masucci (c. 1691 - 19 October, 1758) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.

Born in Rome, he initially apprenticed with Andrea Procaccino, and then became a member of the studio of Carlo Maratta. He joined the Accademia di San Luca in 1724, and from 1736-1738, he was director or "Principe". Masucci worked for the House of Savoy, and also obtained commissions from John V of Portugal due to his friendship with Filippo Juvarra and Luigi Vanvitelli. For example, for the latter he painted the main altarpiece of the Cathedral of Évora.

Masucci also made the models for the three main mosaic panels in the Chapel of St. John the Baptist, designed by Luigi Vanvitelli (along with Nicola Salvi) for King John V of Portugal. It was built in Rome starting in 1742, disassembed in 1747, and shipped to Lisbon, where it was reassembled in the Church of St. Roch (Igreja de São Roque). It was completed in 1750, although the mosaics in it were not finished until 1752. Built of many precious marbles and other costly stones, as well as gilt bronze, it was held to be the most expensive chapel in Europe up to that time. [For a detailed study of this chapel, see Sousa Viterbo and R. Vincente d’Almeida, "A Capella de S. João Baptista Erecta na Egreja de S. Roque"... (Lisbon, 1900; reprinted 1902 and 1997); and more recently, Maria João Madeira Rodrigues, "A Capela de S. João e as suas Colecções" (Lisbon, 1988), translated as "The Chapel of Saint John the Baptist and its Col [l] ections in São Roque Church, Lisbon" (Lisbon, 1988).]

For the Royal house of Savoy, he painted a series of historical canvases along with Giovanni Battista Pittoni, Sebastiano Conca, and Francesco Monti. Most of the works he completed, however, were in churches in Rome , including ovals in Santa Maria in Vita Lata, and works in San Francesco di Paola, San Marcello al Corso, Santissimi Nome di Maria, and Santa Maria Maggiore. He painted the "Madonna with the Seven Founders of the Servite Order" (c. 1728 found in the Art Institute of Chicago.

His academicism and grand-manner painting span styles from Baroque to incipient Neoclassicism. He was a tutor to Stefano Pozzi, Johann Zoffany [ [http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/picture-of-month/displaypicture.asp?venue=7&id=187| Zoffany biography.] ] , and Gavin Hamilton [ [http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/H/Hamilton/Hamilton.htm| Gavin Hamilton biography] ] . He may have mentored Pompeo Batoni.

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* [http://www.natgalscot.ac.uk/collections/artist_search.php?artistId=3136&initial=M&artistName=Agostino%20Masucci| Short biography.]
* [http://www.romecity.it/Agostinomasucci.htm| Short biography.]


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