Francesco Inghirami
Francesco Inghirami (1772–1846) was an Italian archeologist and author. He was born to a prominent family from Volterra. His brother Giovanni (1779 – 1851) was a prominent astronomer and Catholic priest.
Francesco Inghirami
Francesco Inghirami, after Luigi Tasca · This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art. Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy. · CC0
- Born
- 1772 · Volterra.
- Died
- 1846 · Fiesole.
- Occupation
- archaeologist · engraver · draftsperson · printmaker · librarian · printer · historian
- Fields
- archaeology · history · visual art activity
- Languages
- Italian
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Francesco Inghirami (1772–1846) was an Italian archeologist and author. He was born to a prominent family from Volterra. His brother Giovanni (1779 – 1851) was a prominent astronomer and Catholic priest.
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1772
Francesco Inghirami was born in 1772 at Volterra.
1814
Interior of a mausoleum. Aquatint with engraving by Francesco Inghirami after Luigi Lombardo Tasca., dated 1814, held by Wellcome Collection.
1820
Delle influenze lunari. Ragionamento del cav. Francesco Inghirami (1820) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1820
Delle influenze lunari. Ragionamento del cav. Francesco Inghirami digitised by Internet Archive.
1824
Degli antichi vasi fittili sepolcrali. Ragionamento del cav. Francesco Inghirami.. (1824) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1824
Degli antichi vasi fittili sepolcrali. Ragionamento del cav. Francesco Inghirami.. digitised by Internet Archive.
1825
Osservazioni sulle antichita di Selinunte illustrate dal ch. sig. Pietro Pisani Francesco Inghirami (1825) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1831
Galleria omerica o Raccolta di monumenti antichi esibita dal cav. Francesco Inghirami per servire allo studio dell'Iliade e dell'Odissea 1 (1831) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
Undated
Pitture di vasi fittili / esibite dal cav. Francesco Inghirami; per servire di studio alla mitologia ed alla storia degli antichi popoli. is dated 1833-1837 and held by Wellcome Collection.
1835
Pitture di vasi fittili esibite dal cav. Francesco Inghirami per servire di studio alla mitologia ed alla storia degli antichi popoli 3 (1835) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1836
Galleria omerica o Raccolta di monumenti antichi esibita dal cav. Francesco Inghirami per servire allo studio dell'Iliade e dell'Odissea 3 digitised by Internet Archive.
1843
Monumenti per l'intelligenza della storia della Toscana compilata ed in sette epoche distribuita dal. cav. Francesco Inghirami (1843) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1846
Francesco Inghirami died in 1846 at Fiesole.
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Volterra.
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Fiesole.
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His brother Marcello was a prominent alabaster sculptor. He then returned to Tuscany, where he began collecting mainly Etruscan antiquities. He founded a college at Fiesole. He published illustrations of some of his collections in his ten volume Monumenti etruschi (1820–1827), Galleria Omerica (also titled Raccolta di monumenti antichi esibita dal cav. Inghirami per servire allo studio dell'Illiade e dell'Odissea 3 volumes, 1829–1851), Pitture di vasi fittili (1831–1837), Museo etrusco chiusino (2 volumes, 1833), and the incomplete Storia della Toscana (1841–1845). He illustrated and engraved many if not most of the drawings for these texts.
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Francesco Inghirami; per servire di studio alla mitologia ed alla storia degli antichi popoli.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q4200606: Francesco Inghirami
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Literature
Literature
Inghirami, Francesco, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 4
- P. Bice, Francesco Inghirami e il merito dei suoi studi etruscologici, Rassegna Volterrana , 1931, p. 26-33.
- P. Defosse, La figure du cavaliere Francesco Inghirami à travers sa correspondance avec G. B. Vermiglioli, in Hommages à M. Renard, Bruxelles, T.3, p. 174-182.
- Bénézit, 1999
- Ève Gran-Aymerich, Les chercheurs de passé, Éditions du CNRS, 2007, p. 887.
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q4200606: Francesco InghiramiWikimedia Foundation
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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- Francesco FontebassoEngraver
- Francesco GoninEngraver
- Francesco GriffoEngraver
- Francesco HayezEngraver
- Francesco MoriEngraver
- Francesco RosaspinaEngraver
- Francesco TorbidoEngraver
- Francesco VanniEngraver
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