Niccolò Gabburri

Portrait of Cavaliere Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri by Giovanni Domenico Ferretti

Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri (16 January 1676 – 1742) was a Florentine diplomat, painter, art collector, and biographer of artists.

He was a prominent broker for artists and collectors in Florence during the first half of the 18th century. He befriended Pierre-Jean Mariette^[1] and Pierre Crozat. He painted various works in Rome, including the dome of Santa Rita da Cascia alle Vergini. His collection of drawings and prints was bought by William Kent in 1758, and sold in London.^[2]

He served as a diplomat to Granduke Cosimo Medici III. He was named a knight of the Tuscan Order of Saint Stephen, and prince of the Accademia della Crusca and prefect of the Florentine Accademia delle Arti del Disegno starting in 1730. In Florence, he resided and presided over the decoration of the Palazzo Vivarelli Colonna.

He wrote an unpublished Vite de' pittori relating mainly biographical details of Florentine artists.

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• Barbolani di Montauto, N. (2006). Edifir (ed.). Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri "gentiluomo intendente al pari d’ogni altro e dilettante di queste bell'arti". Il Settecento, Storia delle arti in Toscana. curated by Gregori M. e Ciardi R.P. Firenze. pp. 83–94. ISBN 978-88-7970-281-2.
• Borroni Salvadori, F. (1974). Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Classe di Lettere e Filosofia (ed.). Francesco Maria Niccolò Gabburri e gli artisti contemporanei. S. 3a, IV. Pisa. pp. 1503–1564.
• Gabburri, Franceso Maria Niccolò (1719–41). Vite de' pittori (4 vols. unpublished manuscript) (in Italian). Florence: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale.

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• Vite Di Pittori