Antonio Lupis

Antonio Lupis (Molfetta, 16 February 1649 – Bergamo, 1701) was a prolific Italian writer.Born at Molfetta, the son of Flaminio Lupis and his wife Maria de Ceglia, he spent his literary career in Venice.

He published numerous historical romances that found a welcoming public. "La Marchesa d'Hunsley" passed through eighteen printings before his death, and was reprinted as late as 1723. Turned into a drama by the poet Francesco Petrobelli, it continued to hold the stage for more than a century.

Some of his works turn upon moral reflections. He wrote a "vita" of Giovanni Francesco Loredan, founder of the Accademia degli Incogniti, of which Lupis was also a member. Another "vita" sketched the life of his friend, the painter Evaristo Baschenis.