The Paintings of Vincenzo Camuccini, 1771-1844

Contemporaries of the painter Vincenzo Camuccini considered him one of the few living artists worthy of comparison with the great figures of Italy's artistic past. Virtually forgotten by the end of the nineteenth century, he along with other Italian artists of his generation has recently begun to generate new interest among scholars. Although the development of Italian Neoclassical painting and its contribution to the European Neoclassical movement have yet to be properly assessed, it is already clear that Camuccini, among a few artists of international reputation, is perhaps the major personality upon which future study must concentrate. 1