Andrea Casali, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Andrea Casali

Italian painter (1705-1784)

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1705

Place of Birth: Civitavecchia, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 07-Sep-1784

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Andrea Casali

  • Andrea Casali (17 November 1705 – 7 September 1784) was an Italian painter of the Rococo period.
  • He was also an art dealer in England.
  • He was born in Civitavecchia in the Papal States and studied under Sebastiano Conca and Francesco Trevisani.
  • Until 1738 he was a decorative painter of Roman churches and in 1729 was made a Knight of the Golden Spur; for this in England he would be called "the Chevalier Casali".
  • He travelled to England in 1741 and stayed there for twenty-five years.
  • He was a teacher to James Durno.
  • Some sources erroneously claim a birthdate of 1720 (e.g., Bryan and Hobbes).
  • Among his English patrons were Thomas Coke, earl of Leicester (1697–1759), and Alderman William Beckford.
  • In England he put up two auction sales, which reveal him to be an art dealer as well .
  • He left England in 1766, after which he lived for some years at Rome, where he died in 1784.

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