- Antonio Zanchi
Infobox Artist
name = Antonio Zanchi
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birthdate = 1631
location =Este, Italy
deathdate = 1722
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nationality = Venetian
field = Painting
training = Francesco Ruschi
movement = Baroque
works = "Plague of Venice"
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influenced =Francesco Trevisani andAntonio Molinari
awards =Persondata
NAME=Antonio Zanchi
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Painter
DATE OF BIRTH= 1631
PLACE OF BIRTH=Este, Italy
DATE OF DEATH=1722
PLACE OF DEATH=Antonio Zanchi (1631-1722) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque , active mainly inVenice . He was born in Este and trained with Francesco Ruschi [ [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Ruschi French Wikipedia entry for Francesco Ruschi.] ] . His masterpiece was the canvas on the "Plague of Venice" painted for theScuola di San Rocco . He also painted a number of canvases in the Venetian church of Santa Maria del Giglio. Among his pupils wereFrancesco Trevisani andAntonio Molinari .Notes and references
*cite book | first= Maria|last= Farquhar| year=1855| title= Biographical catalogue of the principal Italian painters| editor = Ralph Nicholson Wornum | pages= page 204| publisher= Woodfall & Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London; Digitized by Googlebooks from Oxford University copy on Jun 27, 2006| id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:Wornum+intitle:principal+intitle:painters | authorlink=
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