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Francesco Vanni

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1938-88-8175
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Francesco Vanni was an Italian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, publisher and printer active in Rome and his native city of Siena.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (11)

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, known as The Madonna della Pappa

1751 · Charcoal, with brush and gray wash, and touches of black crayon, on ivory wove paper

43.4 × 32 cm (17 1/8 × 12 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Three Studies for the Resurrected Christ Adored by a Female Saint and San Silvestro Gozzalini

1607 · Red and black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper

25.5 × 17 cm (10 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Two Ecclesiastics: Study for the Disputation on the Holy Sacrament

1606 · Black chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue laid paper

25.5 × 17 cm (10 1/16 × 6 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ontwerp voor een altaarstuk met de Heilige Familie en Heiligen

1590 · pen on ink, paper, chalk

height: 214 cm, width: 134 cm

Rijksmuseum

Christus aan het kruis, met Maria, Catharina van Siena en Johannes

1590 · brush on chalk, ink, prepared paper

width: 175 cm, height: 265 cm

Rijksmuseum

Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata

1590 · Etching in black on cream laid paper

Plate/sheet: 11.9 × 7.7 cm (4 11/16 × 3 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Monk

1583 · Red chalk, on cream laid paper, laid down on tan laid card

8.8 × 6.7 cm (3 1/2 × 2 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Madonna and Child in Glory, with Three Male Saints Below

1583 · Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash over black chalk, on buff laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper

23.7 × 18.4 cm (9 3/8 × 7 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Study for Saint Michael Casting Out Lucifer

1581 · Black chalk on cream laid paper

19.4 × 15.3 cm (7 11/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Heilige Catharina van Siena ontvangt de stigmata

1573 · etching on paper

width: 78 cm, height: 120 cm

Rijksmuseum

Schets van crucifix en doodshoofd

1573 · paper, chalk

width: 280 cm, height: 206 cm

Rijksmuseum

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11 published of 11 catalogued · 11 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Rijksmuseum
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3 entries · 1 sources

Ontwerp voor een altaarstuk met de Heilige Familie en Heiligen
1590 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Christus aan het kruis, met Maria, Catharina van Siena en Johannes
1590 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Schets van crucifix en doodshoofd
1573 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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