Francesco Tironi
Neoclassical Venetian vedute painter
Francesco Tironi was an Italian painter, active in painting vedute of Venice in a Neoclassical style. Among his works are a vedute of the Riva degli Schiavoni; of a Large Crowd in a Piazza before the Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo; of the Isola Santa Maria della Grazia, Venice; and of the Meeting of Pope Pius VI and the Doge on the Island of San Giorgio in Alga He also provided the drawings for Antonio Sandi’s twenty-four engravings (1779) of islands in the Venetian Lagoon. Many of the engravings depict thriving communities in islands that are now desolate.
Artworks by this artist (7 total)
- A view of the Fondamente Nove with the Ponte dei Mendicanti, Venice
- View of the Island of San Giacomo in Paludo late 18th century
- San Marco Basin, Venice
- The Grand Canal with the Rialto Bridge from the South
- The Bacino di San Marco with San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
- View of Mazzorbo late 18th century
- Saint Mark’s Square with the Basilica and the Campanile