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Francesco Londonio (1723-1783)

• Was an Italian painter, engraver, and scenographer.
• He was active mainly in Milan in a late-Baroque or Rococo style.
• Londonio trained as a painter under Ferdinando Porta and Giovanni Battista Sassi in Milan.
• He traveled to Rome and Naples.
• He studied engraving with Benigno Bossi.
• He is best known for his paintings and etchings of rustic and pastoral landscapes and subjects, with both animals and peasants playing a dominating role over the landscape. 
• In his engravings, he recalls Gaetano Zompini.
• Londonio is also known for his scenography.
• An example, of this poorly conserved art form that still exists is a nativity scene on cut wooden shapes for the church of San Marco in Milan.