Antonio Zanchi
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| Antonio Zanchi | |
| Born | 1631 Este, Italy |
| Died | 1722 |
| Nationality | Venetian |
| Field | Painting |
| Training | Francesco Ruschi |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Works | Plague of Venice |
| Influenced | Francesco Trevisani and Antonio Molinari |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Antonio Zanchi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1631 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Este, Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1722 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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Antonio Zanchi (1631-1722) was an Italian painter of the Baroque, active mainly in Venice. He was born in Este and trained with Francesco Ruschi [1]. His masterpiece was the canvas on the Plague of Venice painted for the Scuola di San Rocco. He also painted a number of canvases in the Venetian church of Santa Maria del Giglio. Among his pupils were Francesco Trevisani and Antonio Molinari.
[edit] Notes and references
- Farquhar, Maria (1855). in Ralph Nicholson Wornum: Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters. Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006, page 204.
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