Francesco Muttoni

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

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 was prolific. Among his works, mainly in Vicenza were the following : [3]

  • 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)[4]
  • Villa Fracanzan Piovene a Orgiano (1710)
  • Villa Da Porta La Favorita at Brendola (1714-1715)
  • Villa Valmarana Morosini ad Altavilla Vicentina (1724)[5]
  • Palazzo Trento-Valmarana (1717)[6]
  • 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)[7]
  • Gardens of Villa Trissino at Trissino[8]

He is also known for his edition of the Architecture text of Antonio Palladio.[9] He was known to correspond closely with Lord Burlington, who build Chiswick Hall.

He died in Vicenza.

References
  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. Gli scrittori vicentini dei secoli decimottavo e decimonono, 2nd volume (G -R), by Sebastiano Rumor, Tipografia Emiliana, Venice, 1907 page 416.
  4. Guida per Vicenza ossia Memorie storico-critico-descrittive di questa regia, by Giovan Battista Berti, page 31.
  5. Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, Volume 3, by Rudolf Wittkower, Joseph Connors, Jennifer Montagu, page 111, footnote 62.
  6. Venezia e il Veneto page 167.
  7. Trecanni article.
  8. The Italian Garden: Art, Design and Culture, by John Dixon Hunt, page 118.
  9. Architettura di Andrea Palladio vicentino., appresso Angiolo Pasinelli, 1741.
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