Leonardo Quirini (Italian pronunciation: [leoˈnardo kwiˈriːni]; 17th century) was an Italian nobleman and Marinist poet.
Leonardo Quirini | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Leonardo Quirini. From the book "Le glorie degli Incogniti", 1647 | |
| Born | |
| Died | Venice, Republic of Venice |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Father | Matteo Quirini |
| Writing career | |
| Language | Italian |
| Period | |
| Genres | Poetry |
| Literary movement | |
| Notable works | Vezzi d’Erato |
Biography
editLeonardo Quirini was born into a Venetian patrician family.[1] He was educated by the Somaschi Fathers. A friend of Giovanni Francesco Loredan he was a member of the Accademia degli Incogniti. He wrote madrigals on amorous themes, which tread a cautious path between Torquato Tasso and Giambattista Marino.[2] His poetry is influenced by the work of Chiabrera and the classicists.[3] His verse collection was published in 1649 with the title Vezzi d'Erato. It includes an idyll, Il Narciso, already published in Venice in 1612. The book was illustrated with a frontispiece by Luciano Borzone. Quirini was a friend of the painter Tiberio Tinelli. He composed a poem on a portrait that Tinelli had made of him. Many of his lyrics are included in Benedetto Croce's influential anthology of Baroque poetry.[4]
Works
edit- Il Narciso. Idillio. Venice: Trivisan Bertolotti. 1612.
- Vezzi d'Erato, poesie liriche (2nd ed.). Venice: Giovan Giacomo Hertz. 1653 [1649].
Notes
edit- ^ Chiodo, D. (2000). L’idillio barocco e altre bagatelle. Edizioni dell'Orso. p. 186. ISBN 88-7694-452-4.
- ^ Slawinski 2002.
- ^ Storia della cultura veneta. Vol. 4. Venice: Neri Pozza. 1976. p. 238.
- ^ Croce, B. (1910). Lirici marinisti. Bari: Laterza. pp. 328–332.
Bibliography
edit- Quirini, Leonardo. Gigi Cavalli (ed.). "Giuoco di neve". Treccani (in Italian).
- Slawinski, M. (2002). "Quirini, Leonardo". The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-818332-7. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
- «Leonardo Quirini nobile Veneto». In : Le glorie de gli Incogniti: o vero, Gli huomini illustri dell'Accademia de' signori Incogniti di Venetia, In Venetia : appresso Francesco Valuasense stampator dell'Accademia, 1647, pp. 308–311 (on-line).