Francesco Tironi (Venezia 1745 - 1797) Lot n° 25

Francesco Tironi (Venice 1745 - 1797) Island of San Mattia in the lagoon of Venice Oil on canvas 52 X 75 cm The work is accompanied by a study by Dr. Dario Succi, available upon request by email. Francesco Tironi is considered the last great vedutista of 18th-century Venice. Luca Carlevarijs, Antonio Canal known as Canaletto, Francesco Guardi, Michele Marieschi and Bernardo Bellotto are the greatest expressions of the celebrated Venetian vedutismo, and alongside them worked many so-called "minor" artists such as: G.B. Cimaroli, A.Stom, F. Albotto, A. Domenichini alias Master of the Langmatt Foundation, Gabriel Bella, A. Joli, F. Battaglioli and foreigners J. Richter, H.F. Van Lint, William James. One of these is Francesco Tironi, about whom we have scant biographical information, which has come down to us thanks to Moschini. He is indebted to Canaletto and Guardi: of the former he often uses engravings to structure his views, while of the latter he captures the dark tints and abstract, melancholy figures, all executed with darting and quickness. His Venetian views probably capture the decadent spirit of La Serenissima; they do not shine with the golden light of Canalettian memory; if anything, they seem like snapshots of a motionless, weary city, conscious of its fate. Francesco Tironi (Venice 1745 - 1797) Island of San Mattia in the Venetian Lagoon Oil on canvas 52 X 75 cm The artwork is accompanied by a study by Dr. Dario Succi, available on request by email.