Giacomo Anziani
Giacomo Anziani (Ravenna, 1681 - 1723) was an Italian architect, painter, and engraver, active in a late-baroque style.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was a follower of Carlo Cignani. He made paintings of Santi Mauro, Placido, and San Felice with the Virgin for the now extinct church of San Giovanni Evangelista.[2] He painted, along with his pupil Domenico Capaci, an altarpiece in the presbytery of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna.[3] In 1723, he helped design the Teatro Communale, built posthumously.
References
[edit]- ^ Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Ulrico Hoepli (ed.). Dizionario biografico universale. Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan. p. 109.
- ^ Vite brevi degli artefici defunti che fecero per Ravenna opere esposte by Gasparo Martinetti Cardoni, page 3.
- ^ History of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine.
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