- Andrea Casali
Andrea Casali (c. 1720-1770) was an Italian painter of the
Rococo period.He was born at
Civitavecchia , and is said to have been a pupil ofSebastiano Conca . He traveled toEngland in 1748, and stayed there for a two decades, and where he was a teacher toJames Durno . Some sources claim a birthdate of 1705 [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. John Ingamells, "Casali, Andrea (1705–1784)", published Sept 2004, [http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/4849] .] . He was also called the "Chevalier" . He remained in England till 1766, after which he lived for some years atRome . He etched*#"The Virgin and Child" after
Raphael .
*#"St. Edward the Martyr".
*#"Lucretia lamenting her fate".
*#"The Princess Gunhilda or Innocence Triumphant".References
*cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1886| title="Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical" (Volume I: A-K)| editor = Robert Edmund Graves| pages= pages 245-246| 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=4GYCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&dq=DICTIONARY+AACHEN+AALST&as_brr=1| authorlink=
*cite book | first= James R.|last= Hobbes| year=1849| title= Picture collector's manual adapted to the professional man, and the amateur| editor = | pages= page 45-46 | publisher= T&W Boone, 29 Bond Street; Digitized by Googlebooks | id= | url= http://books.google.com/books?q=intitle:picture+intitle:collector's | authorlink=
*"Masterpieces from Yorkshire Houses". York City Art Gallery, Alastair Laing. The Burlington Magazine (1994); page 196.
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