Antonio Orgiazzi il Vecchio
Giovanni Antonio Salvatore Orgiazzi, also called Antonio Orgiazzi il Vecchio, (4 July 1709 – 17 May 1788) was an Italian painter active mainly in the Valselsia, including at Varallo and Vercelli.
Biography[]
He was born and died in Varallo. He painted for the Sacro Monte di Varallo (1728-1731); the Sacro Monte di Orta (1731); the church of San Giacomo at Varallo; the Sanctuary of the Madonna della Fontana at Azoglio of Crevacuore; and the church of San Pietro e Paolo at Boccioleto.[1] He was the father of Rocco Orgiazzi, also a painter. Rocco's son, Giacomo Orgiazzi was an engraver and cartographer.[2]
References[]
- ^ Encyclopedia Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 79 (2013), entry by Orso Maria Piavento.
- ^ Istoria della vercellese letteratura ed arti, by Gaspare De Gregory. Parte prima, page 382-383.
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