Lodovico Buffetti

Lodovico Buffetti (Verona, 1722- December 7, 1821) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Born to a pharmacist, he trained in Verona under Simone Brentana, but moved and worked mainly in Vicenza. He painted sacred subjects. His son, Giuseppe Buffetti, also became a painter.

He painted an altarpiece depicting St Vincent Ferrer performing miracle for San Pietro in Monastero. He painted a Marriage of the Virgin and a Glory of St Joseph for the suppressed Oratory of Santa Caterina presso Ognissanti. He painted a St Augustine meditating on the Trinity for the church of Santa Eufemia. For the church of Santi Eleuterio e Barbara, he painted an Santi Coronati. For the church of the Filippini in Vicenza, he painted a St Anne, Virgin and young John the Baptist'; a Samaritana at the well with Jesus; and Dinner at Emmaus. He also painted for the churches for San Girolamo, San Jacopo, and Santa Maria Maddalena.

References

Zannandreis, Diego (1891). Giuseppe Biadego, ed. Le vite dei pittori, scultori e architetti veronesi. Stabilimento Tipo-Litografico G. Franchini, Verona; Digitized by Googlebooks from University of California copy on Feb 22, 2007. p. 422.

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