Antonio Moretto

St. Gallen, collegiate church, side altar "St. Johannes Altar"; with altar sheet by Antonio Orazio Moretto: Johannes der Ev. an angel points out the appearance of Our Lady

Antonio Orazio Moretto (* 1773 ; † August 6, 1833 in Häggenschwil ) was a southern German painter . He worked in Zurich for the reformed pastor Johann Caspar Lavater . From 1802 he lived and worked as a drawing teacher and painter in St. Gallen . His work was mainly portraits, landscapes, miniatures and theatrical decorations.

Several ceiling paintings by Moretto were created in the collegiate church of St. Gallen . Statically damaged choir paintings in the St. Gallen collegiate church, which Antonio Moretto carried out between 1819 and 1824, were overpainted and were removed during the overall restoration in 1963. This brought the original choir paintings by Joseph Wannenmacher to light.

Web links

Literature by and about Antonio Moretto in the catalog of the German National Library
Moretto, Antonio Orazio. In: Sikart (status: 2018), accessed on May 3, 2018.
Entry on CERL thesaurus

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Röllin: “Our disturbed relationship to the abortions” (1983) , accessed on May 3, 2018

personal data
SURNAME	Moretto, Antonio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Moretto, Antonio Orazio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1773
DATE OF DEATH	August 6, 1833
Place of death	Häggenschwil

[1] Peter Röllin: “Our disturbed relationship to the abortions” (1983) , accessed on May 3, 2018