Lattanzio Querena

Diana and the Nymphs Striking Callisto (1840)

Lactanzio Querena (Predella in Valle di Scalva, November 1, 1760 – July 10, 1863) was an Italian painter, depicting historical and sacred subjects.^[1]

Biography

He was born in born in the Province of Bergamo. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Verona, and also in Venice under Francesco Maggiotto. He studied with Francesco Fedeli.

He was very skilful in restoring old masters, and painted altarpieces for many churches in Venice, including Santa Maria Formosa (Santa Marina), Santa Maria del Pianto (Repose in Egypt), Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Descent from the Cross), and St. Mark's Basilica (mosaic of Last Judgement). He was the father of painter Luigi Querena. Lattanzio Querena died at Venice.

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• Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. No. 4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. page 333.