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Francesco Muttoni

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Francesco Muttoni (January 22, 1669 – February 21, 1747) was an Italian architect, engineer, and architectural writer, mainly active near Vicenza, Italy.

Palazzo Repeta, Vicenza.

Biography

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He was born in Lacima, near Porlezza, on Lake Lugano, but his family moved to Vicenza in 1696, where his father worked as a bricklayer.[1][2]

In Vicenza, he was a pupil of Giovanni Battista Albanese, who in turn had trained with Vincenzo Scamozzi.

He is also known for his edition of the Architecture text of Antonio Palladio.[3] He was known to correspond closely with Lord Burlington, who built Chiswick Hall.

He died in Vicenza.

Works

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Among his works, mainly in Vicenza were the following : [4]

  • Palazzo della pubblica biblioteca
  • Palazzo Repeta in piazza San Lorenzo (now Bank of Italy)
  • Palazzo dei Velo in contrà Lodi
  • Palazzo dei Valmarana a S. Faustino e in Borgo Berga
  • Porticoes leading to the Basilica di Santa Maria di Monte Berico
  • Palazzo di Monte di Pieta, Vicenza (facade)[5]
  • Villa Fracanzan Piovene a Orgiano (1710)
  • Villa Da Porta La Favorita at Brendola (1714-1715)
  • Villa Valmarana Morosini ad Altavilla Vicentina (1724)[6]
  • Palazzo Trento-Valmarana (1717)[7]
  • Capella Thiene in the church of Santa Corona, Vicenza (1725)
  • Villa Valmarana ai Nani
  • Villa Loschi Zileri dal Verme
  • Villa Monza (1715) a Dueville
  • Villa Checcozzi (1717) a San Tomio di Malo
  • Villa Trento (1717–18) di Costozza
  • Villa Cerchiari (1722) a Isola Vicentina
  • Villa Capra (1728) a Santa Maria di Camisano
  • Villa Negri (1708)[8]
  • Gardens of Villa Trissino at Trissino[9]

References

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  1. ^ I disegni di Francesco Muttoni a Chatsworth. F. Barbieri, page 219.
  2. ^ MUTTONI, Francesco Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 77 (2012), article on Francesco Muttoni by Manuela Barausse.
  3. ^ Architettura di Andrea Palladio vicentino., appresso Angiolo Pasinelli, 1741.
  4. ^ Gli scrittori vicentini dei secoli decimottavo e decimonono, 2nd volume (G -R), by Sebastiano Rumor, Tipografia Emiliana, Venice, 1907 page 416.
  5. ^ Guida per Vicenza ossia Memorie storico-critico-descrittive di questa regia, by Giovan Battista Berti, page 31.
  6. ^ Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, Volume 3, by Rudolf Wittkower, Joseph Connors, Jennifer Montagu, page 111, footnote 62.
  7. ^ Venezia e il Veneto page 167.
  8. ^ Trecanni article.
  9. ^ The Italian Garden: Art, Design and Culture, by John Dixon Hunt, page 118.