Francesco Cocchi Explained

Francesco Cocchi (Budrio, February 13, 1788 - Bologna, 1865) was an Italian painter and scenic designer.

Biography

He trained under Antonio Basoli, a Neoclassical painter and incisor. For many years, he worked in Hamburg, Germany as a scenic designer.^[1] He became professor of perspective at the Accademia Clementina, and published in 1855 a text on the subject.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=7XcEAAAAQAAJ Almanacco statistico bolognese
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=95RM7udnmR0C Lezioni di prospettiva pratica nonchè regole abbreviatrici per disegnare le scene, sequite da un facile metodo per la prospettica collocazione delle figure ne' quadri di storia.