Giovanni Fattori and Casa Corsini: The Story of a Long Friendship

On November 20^th 2025, a conversation between a historian on Italian aristocratic families, Domenico Savini and art historian, Silvio Balloni, took place at Il Palmerino: it concerned the close friendship of painter Giovanni Fattori and the Corsini family.

Giovanni Fattori (1825-1908) was an Italian painter. He was a leader of the Macchiaioli movement, a Tuscan art movement similar to impressionism. Fattori had a close relationship with the Corsini family, as they often funded his paintings and invited him to stay on their Maremma property. The event paid homage to the artist, as it was the 200^th anniversary of this birth.