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Born in Viterbo and died in Rome. After some early works in Viterbo and Palestrina, Corvi moved on to Rome to work under Francesco Mancini. He worked in a Roman mileu where late-Rococo of Pompeo Batoni and the incipient Neoclassicism of Anton Raphael Mengs coexisted, and fashioned a style in between. His first major set of independent works in Rome are a series of canvases (completed in 1758 and currently in Vedana, commissioned by the Cardinal Domenico Amedeo Orsini and including the altarpiece of St. Michael Archangel for the church of Trinità dei Monti. In 1756, along with Vincenzo Strigelli and Anton Angelo Falaschi, he frescoed the Viterbese Oratorio del Gonfalone. The patronage of the Antonelli family gains him the commission for three altarpieces (1754 and 1756) for the church of Senigallia. He also painted for the church of Saint Marcello and a series of historical canvases for Palazzo Barberini. Corvi frescoed ceilings for the Palazzo Doria Pamphili and Borghese between 1770-78. In the Borghese villa, he frescoed a Triumph of Apollo (1771) and an Aurora(1782). Again for the Borghese family, he helped restore the capella Paolina in Santa Maria Maggiore and the Loggia of Lanfranco in the casino. He also painted for the church of San Marco, and the Palazzo dei Conservatori. From 1774-1778, he completed canvas cycle for the Swiss Abby of Solothurn in Soletta. Corvi joined the artists’ Accademia dell'Arcadia and helped found the . He painted The miracle of Saint Joseph Calasanz Resuscitating a Child in a Church at Frascati for the order of Piarists (Scolopi). The painting was made to conmemorate the canonization of the saint on July 16, 1767; and is now in the Wadsworth Atheneum. The "Charity of St. Thomas of Villanova was painted in 1795 for the church of SS. Trinità of Viterbo. Country Italy Region Lazio Province Viterbo (VT) Mayor Giampiero Gabbianelli Elevation 326 m Area 406,28 km² Population  - Total 60,537  - Density 148. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) was and is a very ancient city of Latium (modern Lazio) 23 miles (37 km) east of Rome, and was reached by the Via Praenestina (see below). ... North side of the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo - carriage courtyard: all the stucco details sparkled with gold until 1773, when Catherine II had gilding replaced with olive drab paint. ... Portrait of Charles Crowle Pompeo Girolamo Batoni (1708-1787), Italian painter, was born at Lucca. ... Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. ... Anton Raphael Mengs (March 12, 1728 - June 29, 1779) was a German painter. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... The facade of the church, from the Spanish Steps. ... Country Italy Region Marche Province Ancona (AN) Mayor Elevation 3 m Area 115 km² Population  - Total (as of December 31, 2004) 43,899  - Density 359/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Senigalliesi Dialing code 071 Postal code 60019 Frazioni see list Patron St. ... Saint Mary Major, in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore, is one of the five great ancient basilicas of Rome, Italy. ... The Capitoline Hill (Capitolinus Mons), between the Forum and the Campus Martius, is one of the most famous and smallest of the seven hills of Rome. ... The city of   (French: Soleure, Italian: Soletta) is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. ... The city of Solothurn is the capital of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Pauline Congregation of the Mother of God or short Piarists is name of a Catholic educational order, the clerici regulares scholarum piarum, the , founded by Joseph Calasanza (Josephus a Matre Dei) at Rome in the beginning of the 16th century. ... The Wadsworth Atheneum is the oldest public art museum in the United States and largest in the state of Connecticut. ...

References

• Renaissance to Rococo; Masterpieces from the collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Edited by Eric Zafran. (2004) Yale University Press. New Haven and London. pp90-91.
• [http://www.italica.rai.it/index.php?categoria=biografie&scheda=corvi