43 - Francesco Vanni (Siena 1563–1610), 17th-century follower

Francesco Vanni (Siena 1563–1610), 17th-century follower Rest on the Flight into Egypt or Madonna of the Pappa Oil on canvas 86 x 67 cm This work is based on the painting by Francesco Vanni currently housed at the Yale University Art Gallery; see: https://artgallery.yale.edu/press-release/vanni Francesco Vanni was born in Siena. Shortly after becoming a widow, his mother married the painter Arcangelo Salimbeni, who became the young artist’s first teacher. Accompanied by Giovanni De’ Vecchi, he first went to Rome, passing through Bologna to work in Bartolomeo Passarotti’s workshop. He returned to Siena after 1580, beginning his independent career while showing a clear influence from Salimbeni and a Roman influence with references to Zuccari. Around 1585, his art received a fresh burst of inspiration thanks to his engagement with the work of Federico Barocci, although clear traces of his time in Bologna—particularly the influence of the Carracci—remain evident. Fifteen years of work in Siena followed, during which Baroque style remained, however, an external influence—inspiring the compositions and the facial features of the figures—rather than a full and slavish adherence to the style. Regarded by Cardinal Leopoldo de’ Medici as a first-class painter alongside Ventura Salimbeni and Baldassare Peruzzi, Vanni sought through his art to distance himself from the bizarre and cold works of late Mannerism, with the aim of recreating an art faithful to the tradition of the sixteenth century, rooted in Raphael, Correggio, and the aforementioned Barocci and Carracci. Francesco Vanni (Siena 1563–1610), a 17th-century artist Rest on the Flight into Egypt or Madonna della Pappa Oil on canvas 86 x 67 cm This work is based on the painting by Francesco Vanni now held at the Yale University Art Gallery; see: https://artgallery.yale.edu/press-release/vanni