- Antonio Triva
Antonio Triva (1626-c. 1669] ) was an an Italian painter and etcher of the
Baroque period.He was born in
Reggio , and studied underGuercino inBologna . Painted in Rome, Reggio, andPiacenza . He visitedVenice , taking with him his sister and assistant Flaminia. He was invited to the court of the Elector of Bavaria, and died inMunich . He painted as well with his left hand as with his right, and was a good etcher. Four etchings by him with the following titles:
*#"Susanna and the Elders.
*#"A Repose in Egypt".
*#"Virgin seated holding the Infant Jesus".
*#"Allegory with young Man looking in a Mirror, and seeing Sensuality, the Furies, and Death".All these are signed with his name. Fussli mentions five more; four views in Italy, and a frontispiece to a book.
References
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume II L-Z)| editor = Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves| pages= page 584| publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007 |id= |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers#PPP7,M1| authorlink=
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