Antonio Joli | |
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 Antonio Joli,Departure of Charles III of Spain from Naples,Museo del Prado, 1759 - he also painted a pair,showing the view from the sea. | |
| Born | 13 March 1700 |
| Died | 29 April 1777 |
| Movement | vedutisti |
Antonio Francesco Lodovico Joli (13 March 1700 – 29 April 1777) was an Italian painter ofvedute andcapricci.
Born inModena, he first was apprenticed to Rafaello Rinaldi. He then studied in Rome underGiovanni Paolo Panini, and in the studios of theGalli da Bibbiena family of scene-painters. He became a painter of stage sets in Modena andPerugia. In 1732 he moved toVenice, where he worked as stage-painter for opera productions at theTeatro di San Giovanni Grisostomo and theTeatro San Samuele of theGrimani family.
In 1742 he went toDresden, and then to London (1744–48) andMadrid (1750–54).[1] In London, he decorated the Richmond mansion ofJohn James Heidegger, then the director of theKing's Theatre in theHaymarket.[2] In 1749 Joli left London and went to Madrid where he was also involved in scene painting for the royal court, both at the Coliseo at Buen Retiro, the royal palace then just outside Madrid, and at the smaller opera house at the palace at Aranjuez.
The opera performances for which he painted scenery were directed by Farinelli. He also made large-sized paintings of the Esquadra del Tajo, the fleet of royal barges and other vessels on the river Tajo at Aranjuez. Joli returned to Venice in 1754, where he became one of the 36 founding members of theAccademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. He moved to theBourbon court ofNaples in 1761,[1] and died there on 29 April 1777.
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