Leonardo Quirini | |
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Born | |
Died | Venice, Republic of Venice |
Occupation | Poet |
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Writing career | |
Language | Italian |
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Genres | Poetry |
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Notable works | Vezzi d’Erato |
Leonardo Quirini (Italian pronunciation: [leoˈnardo kwiˈrini]; 17th century) was an Italian nobleman and Marinist poet.
Leonardo 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]