Francesco Vanni (1563–1610)

• Was an Italian painter, draughtsman, publisher and printer.
• His native city was Siena.
• Vanni was part of a family of painters, including his half-brother Ventura Salimbeni and stepfather Arcangelo Salimbeni.
• As a 16-year-old, Vanni went first to Bologna, then to Rome.
• He apprenticed with Giovanni de' Vecchi during 1579–80.
• In Rome, he worked later with Salimbeni, Bartolomeo Passerotti, and Andrea Lilio.
• Among his patrons was Cardinal Cesare Baronio, who introduced Vanni to Pope Clement VIII and later Cardinal Chigi, later Pope Alexander VII.
• Pope Clement VIII would honor Vanni with membership in the order of Knights of Christ.
• Returning to Siena, where he ultimately died, he afterwards worked at Parma, Bologna, and again at Rome.
• At Siena, he painted a S. Raimondo walking on the Sea for the church of the Dominicans.
• He was active as a printmaker and etched three devotional prints after his own designs.
• He was further the publisher of a large 4-plate map of Siena which he had designed himself and had engraved by the Flemish engraver Pieter de Jode the Elder.
• His sons, Michelangelo and Raffaello Vanni were also painters.
• Among his pupils were Astolfo Petrazzi and Rutilio Manetti.
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