Agostino Masucci (1692–1768)

• Was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque or Rococo period.
• Born in Rome.

• He initially apprenticed with Andrea Procaccino, and then became a member of the studio of Carlo Maratta.

• He joined the Accademia di San Luca in 1724.

• From 1736 to 1738, he was director or Principe.

• Masucci worked for the House of Savoy, and also obtained commissions from John V of Portugal.

• Masucci also made the models for the three main mosaic panels in the Chapel of St. John the Baptist, designed by Luigi Vanvitelli for King John V of Portugal.

• It was built in Rome starting in 1742, disassembled in 1747, and shipped to Lisbon, where it was reassembled in the Church of St. Roch.

• For the Royal house of Savoy, he painted a series of historical canvases along with Giovanni Battista Pittoni, Sebastiano Conca, and Francesco Monti.

• Most of the works he completed, were in churches in Rome, including ovals in Santa Maria in Via Lata, and works in San Francesco di Paola, San Marcello al Corso, Santa Maria del Popolo.

• He was a tutor to Stefano Pozzi, Johann Zoffany, and Gavin Hamilton.

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