Giovanni Antonio Zaddei

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Giovanni Antonio Zaddei (January 17, 1729 - ) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, mainly active in Ferrara.

Born in Brescia, he studied with Antonio Paglia, then in 1746, he moved to Bologna to work under Giuseppe Marchesi, then five years later worked under Giovanni Battista Cignaroli. In 1754, returned to Brescia, and also painted altarpieces for Gottolengo, Portesio, Coccaglio, and Preseglie.

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• Federico Nicoli Cristiani (1807). Della Vita delle pitture di Lattanzio Gambara; Memorie Storiche aggiuntevi brevi notizie intorno a' più celebri ed eccelenti pittori Bresciani. Spinelli e Valgiti, Brescia, pages 194-5.