Francesco Muttoni Explained

Francesco Muttoni (January 22, 1669 – February 21, 1747) was an Italian architect, engineer, and architectural writer, mainly active near Vicenza, Italy.

Biography

He was born in Lacima, near Porlezza, on Lake Lugano, but his family moved to Vicenza in 1696, where his father worked as a bricklayer.^{[1] [2]}

In Vicenza, he was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Albanese, who in turn had trained with Vincenzo Scamozzi.

He is also known for his edition of the Architecture text of Antonio Palladio.^[3] He was known to correspond closely with Lord Burlington, who built Chiswick Hall.

He died in Vicenza.

Works

Among his works, mainly in Vicenza were the following :^[4]

• Palazzo della pubblica biblioteca
• Palazzo Repeta in piazza San Lorenzo (now Bank of Italy)
• Palazzo dei Velo in contrà Lodi
• Palazzo dei Valmarana a S. Faustino e in Borgo Berga
• Porticoes leading to the Basilica di Santa Maria di Monte Berico
• Palazzo di Monte di Pieta, Vicenza (facade)^[5]
• Villa Fracanzan Piovene Orgiano (1710)
• Villa Da Porta La Favorita at Brendola (1714-1715)
• Villa Valmarana Morosini ad Altavilla Vicentina (1724)^[6]
• Palazzo Trento-Valmarana (1717)^[7]
• Capella Thiene in the church of Santa Corona, Vicenza (1725)
• Villa Valmarana ai Nani
• Villa Loschi Zileri dal Verme
• Villa Monza (1715) a Dueville
• Villa Checcozzi (1717) a San Tomio di Malo
• Villa Trento (1717–18) di Costozza
• Villa Cerchiari (1722) Isola Vicentina
• Villa Capra (1728) a Santa Maria di Camisano
• Villa Negri (1708)^[8]
• Gardens of Villa Trissino at Trissino^[9]

Notes and References

1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43105631?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents I disegni di Francesco Muttoni a Chatsworth.
2. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/francesco-muttoni_(Dizionario_Biografico)/ MUTTONI, Francesco Encyclopedia Treccani
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=tG0uYAAACAAJ Architettura di Andrea Palladio vicentino.
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=qxo3AQAAMAAJ Gli scrittori vicentini dei secoli decimottavo e decimonono, 2nd volume (G -R)
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=frdZyCfXhdgC Guida per Vicenza ossia Memorie storico-critico-descrittive di questa regia
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=IDjPAnR5qXEC Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, Volume 3
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=QQ_ogUwe25QC Venezia e il Veneto
8. Trecanni article.
9. https://books.google.com/books?id=xkwHcGgatwkC The Italian Garden: Art, Design and Culture