Pietro Antonio Novelli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pietro Antonio Novelli

Italian painter and engraver active in Venice

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1729

Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1804

Profession: poet, painter, etcher, printmaker, drawer

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Pietro Antonio Novelli

  • Pietro Antonio Novelli (1729–1804) was an Italian painter and engraver.
  • Novelli trained with the Venetian painter Jacopo Amigoni.
  • In 1768, he was accepted as a member of the Accademia di Belle Artid 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.

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