In 1706, Giampietro Zanotti and other artists met at Palazzo Fava to establish a new academy. The Accademia dei Pittori was inaugurated in the house of Luigi Ferdinando Marsili on 2 January 1710; the statute was approved by pope Clement XI in October 1711, and the academy took the name Accademia Clementina.
In 1706, Giampietro Zanotti and other artists met at Palazzo Fava to establish a new art academy called Accademia dei Pittori. The academy was officially opened in Luigi Ferdinando Marsili's house on January 2nd, 1710; the academy received official recognition from Pope Clement XI in October 1711, adopting the name Accademia Clementina.