Michele Marieschi Michele Marieschi. An 18th century painter and engraver from Venice; known for his landscape views and imaginary architectural scenes. First trained as a scene painter, he spent the first part of his life working in Germany. Returning to Venice in...
Bernardo Bellotto Bernardo Bellotto. He was an 18th C urban landscape painter from Venice, famous for his views of European cities; Dresden, Vienna, Turin, and Warsaw. He was the student and nephew of the renowned Canaletto and sometimes used the latter’s...
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. A painter from Venice of religious, history and genre scenes; he was an outstanding artist of the 18th C. His art evolved from Italian Baroque traditions of the 17th century, to a Rococco manner in his mature...
Giovanni Battista Pittoni Giovanni Battista Pittoni. An 18th C Venetian painter from Venice, of religious and mythological subjects, during the late Baroque or Rococo era. He was among the founders of the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, of which in 1758; he became the...
Marco Ricci Marco Ricci. A North Italian painter of the Baroque period, who also worked in England; before returning to Venice until his death. Working in oils, and later gouache on goats-skin and also etching; Marco’s accomplishments were important in the...
