Francesco Morelli Explained

Francesco Morelli (ca. 1767 – ca. 1830) was a French-Italian painter and engraver. He was active in Naples and known as a painter or engraver of Pompeian subjects.^{[1] [2]}

He was born in the Franche-Comté, and then traveled to Rome.^[3] He completed a series of engravings depicting the so-called Villa of Horace in Licenza with Hackert and Luigi Sabatelli.^[4]

Another Francesco Morelli from Florence was the first and dear mentor of Giovanni Baglione.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=sk1oAAAAMAAJ Nova bibliotheca pompeiana: L–Z
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=AR8TAAAAQAAJ Ricerche su l'origine, su i progressi, e sul decadimento delle arti
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=gotJAQAAIAAJ Bollettino d'arte
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=6RbTmgEACAAJ Raccolta di no. 10 vedute rappresentanti la villa d'Orazio