Francesco Maria Tassi Explained

Francesco Maria Tassi (1716 in Bergamo  - 1782) was an Italian art historian whose book, Lives of the Painters, Sculptors, and Architects of Bergamo, published posthumously in 1793, provided important biographical information on artists such as Lorenzo Lotto, Fra Galgario, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, and Francesco Zuccarelli.[1] His account of contemporaries was often enlivened by first-hand knowledge, for example with Tiepolo and Zuccarelli, who at times visited Tassi at the family estate of Villa dei Tasso alla Celadina, in Bergamo.[2] [3] Tassi also edited a compilation of writings by Benvenuto Cellini which appeared in print in 1829.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Tassi, Francesco Maria. Vite de' pittori, scultori e architetti bergamaschi. Bergamo, 1793.
  2. Web site: San Girolamo Emiliani presenta i fanciulli alla Madonna con Bambino. LombardiaBeniCulturali. 1 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305071310/http://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/opere-arte/schede/3y010-00051/. 5 March 2016. live.
  3. Web site: Villa dei Tasso. villadeitasso. 1 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160208120752/http://www.villadeitasso.it/. 8 February 2016. live.
  4. Cellini, Benevenuto. Tassi, Francesco Maria; ed. Vita di Benvenuto Cellini: orefice e scultore fiorentino. G. Piatti. Florence, 1829. Tassi wrote a preface for the three volume work which was divided into sections for autobiography, prose, and poetry, some of the material hitherto unpublished.

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