Michele Marieschi

Fantastic Landscape (an example of a capriccio) by Marieschi.

Michele Marieschi (1710–1743), also known as Michiel, was a Venetian painter of landscapes and cityscapes (i.e., a vedutista) who painted his vedute, or views, mostly in Venice.

Less well-known than his famous contemporary vedutisti Canaletto and Francesco Guardi, he was the son of an engraver^[1]. Prior to 1735, he was said to have been in Germany. Between 1735 and 1741 he was registered in the Venetian Fraglia de' Pittori, or painters' guild. One of Marieschi's sponsors at his wedding was Gaspare Diziani. Although he initially produced capricci (or fanciful paintings), he later went on to paint realistic vedute. One of his patrons was the noted collector Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, who bought at least two canvases from the painter for 50 and 55 gold sequins respectively. Marieschi published a set of engravings of Venice, entitled Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus, that represents his only work of certain attribution. It contains a portrait by Angelo Trevisani.

References

• Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750. Penguin Books. p. 501. 
• Links, J. G. (1977). Canaletto and his Patrons. London: Paul Elek. pp. 55–56. 

Footnotes

1. ^ J.G. Links, p 55

Bibliography

• Mauroner, Fabio. Michiel Marieschi with Catalogue of the Etchings The Print Collector’s Quarterly 1940 Apr Vol 27, No. 2, p179

External links

• Biography
• www.artistarchive.com A catalogue of the 21 plates from Magnificentiores Selectioresque Urbis Venetiarum Prospectus.

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Name	Marieschi, Michele
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Date of birth	1710
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Date of death	1743
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