Francesco Savani
Francesco Savani was an Italian painter of quadratura painter of the Rococo period.Biography
He was born in Brescia, and mainly active there.. Despite his father's intentions that Francesco school himself at a Jesuit school in letters and sciences, the youth entertained himself by drawing portraits of his teachers. His first training was with the Brescian painter Angelo Paglia, then Francesco Monti who had come from Bologna to paint in the Chiesa della Pace. Ultimately his style, came to reflect Giambattista Pittoni. Savani's works at Coccaglio were admired by Tiepolo. Savani died impoverished, said to have been brought to ruin by a prostitute.
