Francesco Londonio

[[Image:Londonio, Francesco (1723-1783) - Due mucche - ca 1750.jpg|thumb|Engraving of Two Cows, c. 1750]]

[[Image:Londonio, Francesco (1723-1783) - Due mucche - ca 1750.jpg|thumb|Engraving of Two Cows, c. 1750]]

'''Francesco Londonio''' (Milan, 1723 – Milan, 1783)*{{cite book | first=Pasino|last=Malaspina| year=1824| title= Catalogo di una raccolta di stampe antica. Volume Two.| publisher= Giovanni Bernardoni |location= Milan|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8pFRAAAAYAAJ | pages=378 }} was an Italian painter, engraver, and scenographer, active mainly in [[Milan]] in a late-[[Baroque]] or [[Rococo]] style.

'''Francesco Londonio''' (1723–1783)*{{cite book | first=Pasino|last=Malaspina| year=1824| title= Catalogo di una raccolta di stampe antica. Volume Two.| publisher= Giovanni Bernardoni |location= Milan|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=8pFRAAAAYAAJ | pages=378 }} was an Italian painter, engraver, and scenographer, active mainly in his native [[Milan]] in a late-[[Baroque]] or [[Rococo]] style.

Londonio trained as a painter under [[Ferdinando Porta]] and [[Giovanni Battista Sassi]] in Milan, but 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. This focus on [[genre works|genre]] themes was popular among the wealthy patrons of the time, specially in Northern Italy; and artists such as the Brescian painters [[Giacomo Ceruti|Ceruti]] and [[Antonio Cifrondi|Cifrondi]] worked with such themes. In his engravings, he recalls [[Gaetano Zompini]].

Londonio trained as a painter under [[Ferdinando Porta]] and [[Giovanni Battista Sassi]] in Milan, but 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. This focus on [[genre works|genre]] themes was popular among the wealthy patrons of the time, specially in Northern Italy; and artists such as the Brescian painters [[Giacomo Ceruti|Ceruti]] and [[Antonio Cifrondi|Cifrondi]] worked with such themes. In his engravings, he recalls [[Gaetano Zompini]].

==Gallery==

==Gallery==

Francesco londonio, pastori con capre e pecore.JPG|Shepherds with sheep and goat

Francesco londonio, pastori con capre e pecore.JPG|''Shepherds with sheep and goat''

Milano San Marco Presepe.JPG|Presepe, [[San Marco, Milan|San Marco]]

Milano San Marco Presepe.JPG|Nativity scene (painted on paper glued to shaped wood panels), [[San Marco, Milan|San Marco]]