Francesco Mancini was an Italian painter whose works are known between 1719 and 1756. He was the pupil of Carlo Cignani .

A native of Sant'Angelo in Vado , he was a student of Carlo Cignani at Forlì and at Bologna and was introduced to academic painting in the manner of the Carracci ; echoes of this style of painting can be seen in his juvenile works: the frescoes of the Libreria in the main hall of the Biblioteca Classense in Ravenna , and those in Foligno Cathedral depicting the Life of Angela di Foligno .

On the advice of the artist Marcantonio Franceschini , vice-prince of the Accademia Clementina in Bologna, he moved to Rome , where he made contact with Carlo Maratta , also a native of the Marche . This contact with Maratta's mature work, and with his pupils, is reflected by further