Antonio Nani

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Antonio Nani (* 1803 in Alano di Piave , † 1870 in Venice ) was a Venetian graphic artist, painter and engraver.

life and work

Chiesa di Santa Fosca in Santa Maria Maggiore, Treviso
One of the 120 Doge portraits, here: Andrea Dandolo

Antonio Nani was born into a modest family in Alano di Piave, but his talent was recognized and promoted by Antonio Canova . This enabled him to take part in courses at the Accademia di belle arti di Venezia . Eventually he was able to open his own workshop on this basis.

Among his best-known works are the 120 portraits of the Doges of Venice , which adorned the work of Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna in the 1847 edition, then numerous vedutas by Treviso or Possagno ; there are also many devotional objects . His last work was the bell tower of his native town Alano di Piave, on which he worked with Giuseppe Segusini , an architect friend from Feltre with whom he had already taken courses at the Venetian Accademia .

literature

  • Claudio Spagnol: Antonio Nani (1803-1870). "Il più laudato incisore dei veneti dogi" , Il Prato, 2016.

Remarks

  1. ^ Emmanuele Antonio Cicogna : Biography dei Dogi di Venezia , Venice 1847.
personal data
SURNAME Nani, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Venetian painter, printmaker and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH 1803
PLACE OF BIRTH Alano di Piave
DATE OF DEATH 1870
Place of death Venice