Pietro Antonio Novelli
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Holy Father with Saints (1779), Church of , Venice.
Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729–1804) was an Italian painter and engraver.
Biography[]
Novelli trained with the Venetian painter Jacopo Amigoni. In 1768, he was accepted as a member of the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. Novelli produced altarpieces and frescoes throughout northern Italy. Some of his commissions came from Catherine the Great. He moved to Rome around 1779 where he remained for over 20 years. He later returned to Venice where he died in 1804. His memoirs were published posthumously in 1834.[1]
Works[]
Purification of the Virgin Mary (1804), Church of San Geremia, Venice
The Seven Sacraments: Confirmation (1779) engraving by Novelli
References[]
- ^ "Pietro Antonio Novelli Brief Bio". Retrieved 2013-01-10.
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Categories:
- 18th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- 19th-century Italian painters
- Italian engravers
- 1729 births
- 1804 deaths
- Italian painter, 18th-century birth stubs