Antonio Zanchi
Antonio Zanchi [anˈtɔːnjo ˈdzaŋki] (born December 6, 1631 in Capodistria , † April 12, 1722 in Rome ) was an Italian Baroque painter .
Life
Antonio Zanchi was a student of Giacomo Pedrali , Matteo Ponzone and the Venetian baroque painter Francesco Ruschi . The works of Luca Giordano and Giovanni Battista Langetti gave further influences . He managed to become one of the most famous representatives of Tenebrism in Venice of his time. From 1687 he was a member of the Fraglia dei pittori.
His style is characterized by an expressive, sometimes theatrical realism and dramatic light and dark effects. His subject includes religious and mythological motifs as well as portraits. It is noticeable that Zanchi often focuses on the sick and criminals.
Zanchi delivered numerous commissioned works for churches and palaces. His reputation brought him to Munich . In his workshop in Venice he created pictures for the Munich Residence and the Theatine Church . The best-known of these works, the high altar painting “Sankt Adelheid and Sankt Kajetan in der Glorie”, was destroyed in the Second World War. Among his students were Francesco Trevisani , Pietro Negri and Antonio Molinari . His son Giuseppe Zanchi was also a painter.
literature
- ThB . Vol. XXXVI. Leipzig 1947, p. 400.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roswitha von Bary: Henriette Adelaide. Electress of Bavaria . Unchanged reprint of the original edition Munich 1980. Pustet, Regensburg 2004, ISBN 3-7917-1873-8 , p. 232 .
- ^ Hermann and Anna Bauer: Monasteries in Bavaria. An art and cultural history of the monasteries in Upper Bavaria, Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate . 2nd, revised and supplemented edition. Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-37754-8 , pp. 132 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Georg Kaspar Nagler : New general artist lexicon. Volume 25. Leipzig 1835-1852. P. 188
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zanchi, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1631 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Capodistria |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1722 |
| Place of death | Rome |