Francesco Zuccarelli

Born Giacomo Francesco Zuccarelli in Pitigliano, Tuscany, in 1702, this influential artist began his training in Rome around age eleven or twelve, studying with portrait painters Giovanni Maria Morandi and Pietro Nelli. Here, he absorbed the principles of Roman classicism and honed his design skills. Initially, Zuccarelli focused on figurative subjects and etching, even completing chapel altarpieces in his hometown. However, during his five years in Florence, he began to exp…