Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni
Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni , also Peter Anton Lorenzi (* around 1721 in Cles , † 1782 in Salzburg ) was an Italian painter .
Life
Lorenzoni was born in the Non Valley of Trento, the son of a blacksmith. He spent some time in Rome and was later a student of Paul Troger . He came to Salzburg through the art-promoting Count Franz Laktanz von Firmian , where he became court painter under Archbishop Sigismundus Christoph von Schrattenbach . He trained the painter Johann Nepomuk della Croce and died very wealthy on the 2nd floor of the master locksmith's house on Mönchsberg . His nephew Johann Baptist Lampi the Elder was one of his students .
Services
Lorenzoni was very active in the Archdiocese of Salzburg and made a large number of altar leaves, many of his works are in Salzburg cemeteries. His portraits of the Mozart family are also known .
Works
Altarpieces
- Annaberg
- Buchbach near Mühldorf
- Itter
- Nonnberg Monastery
- Köstendorf
- Marienberg near Burghausen
- Salzburg - Mülln
- St. Georgen near Salzburg
- St. Gilgen
- St. Peter in Salzburg
- Strobl
- Zell am See
Portraits
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- Self portrait
- Dominicus Beck
- Mozart family
- Siegmund Count von Schrattenbach
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Lorenzoni, Peter Anton . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 16th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1867, p. 46 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hans Tietze, Franz Martin: The Church Monuments of the City of Salzburg , Vienna 1912 (Austrian Art Topography, Vol. IX)
Web links
- Entry about Lorenzi, Peter Anton on Artisti Italiani in Austria , a project of the University of Innsbruck
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lorenzoni, Pietro Antoni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lorenzi, Peter Anton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cles |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1782 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |