Paolo Anesi

[1] Born in Florence, he trained with Giuseppe Bartolomeo Chiari and Bernardino Fergioni.

He was admitted to the Accademia di San Luca and to the Congregation of the Virtuosi of the Pantheon (1747).

He collaborated with Paolo Monaldi in a number of works, described as Bambocciata or genre scenes with peasants.

Together they were hired in 1763-1766 by Cardinal Flavio Chigi to decorate his villa outside of Porta Salaria.

These frescoes and paintings were removed and sold, and consisted of large canvases depicting:[2] Among his pupils was Francesco Zuccarelli.