Francesco Cocchi

Francesco Cocchi (Budrio, February 13, 1788 - Bologna, 1865) was an Italian painter and scenic designer.

Biography

He trained under Antonio Basoli, a Neoclassical painter and incisor. For many years, he worked in Hamburg, Germany as a scenic designer.[1] He became professor of perspective at the Accademia Clementina, and published in 1855 a text on the subject.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Almanacco statistico bolognese, Presso Natale Salvardi, Bologna, page 214.
  2. ↑ Lezioni di prospettiva pratica nonchè regole abbreviatrici per disegnare le scene, sequite da un facile metodo per la prospettica collocazione delle figure ne' quadri di storia. by Francesco Cocchi, Lorenzo Ruggi, Società Tipografica (Bolonia)(1855).


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